If emulating classic DOS games seems like a pain, there's a DOSBox fork 'aiming for simplicity and ease of use', now standalone for the first time

Run the likes of Civilization and Daggerfall as God intended, now easily loaded directly from ZIP files.

I swapped my $1,000 desktop for a $300 mini PC and regret nothing

Spec-wise, this is roughly on par with laptops in the $500 to $700 price range, except of course you’ll have to supply your ...