DOSBox is great for many legacy games
but many of them will also play in Windows XP using it's own Virtual DOS Machine as well with the help of VdmSound or without it.
ScummV is also a great emulator as well
my philosophy is do what ever it takes to get the game to run.
inferno
Lighthouse
Rama
GK1
Toonstruck
Tex Murphy Series
Faust
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Ring
Obsidian
Morpheus
The Zork Series
The Pantasmagoria Series
The Monkey Island Series
Blackstone Chronicles
Sherlock Holmes Series
Azreal's Tear
The Dark Eye
7th Guest
11th Hour
Clandestiny
The Black Cauldron
Kings Quest Series
Below the Root
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Watching: Dark Shadows
Reading: Angelique's Descent
Playing: WoW and living in Kil' Jaeden