you arent going to be able to run anything made before like 2005. VM for an elderly person is ridiculous and so is buying an ancient computer.
Get something modern under 1K with a decent bang for your buck video card and buy the games he wants to play from sites like good old games https://www.gog.com/
Get something modern under 1K with a decent bang for your buck video card and buy the games he wants to play from sites like good old games https://www.gog.com/
[should not have shot the dolphin]