I have actually been purchasing games from gog.com. They are a website that take older game code and compile it for full Windows XP/Vista compatibility (we all know that those old DOS games normally don't run under Vista and are buggy under XP). They then sell these exe packages for pretty low prices. The best thing is that most of these downloads are less than 1 GB and they are 100% DRM free. This means that you can buy a game once and install it on 30769347967948579486 computers.
I have purchased Duke Nukem 3D ($5.99, 27 MB), Postal 2 ($9.99, 898 MB), Redneck Rampage Collection ($5.99, 607 MB), and many others. They all run great on my Atom N280 HP netbook packed with the lowly Intel GMA 950 and 2GB of RAM.
It is actually fun going back and playing these older games. My desktop is powerful enough to run Crysis with full settings (and then some) but I also have a PS3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. I use my three consoles for gaming as they offer a better experience. After all, these consoles are hooked up to my HDTV, surround sound system, I like using a smaller controller for games instead of a large keyboard and mouse, and the Xbox 360 and PS3 offer great online communities. I could hook my desktop up to my HDTV but that would just be an ugly mess. So I don't really game on the PC platform. However, gog.com has helped turn my netbook into a classic/legacy gaming device. The only bad thing is that I get about 5 hours of run time when playing these games. Not bad but that definitely isn't as good as a Nintendo DS lite/DSi.
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