One thing to be aware of when emulating Dos era games: in most emulated environments, a game that crashes often means something is wrong with the emulation environment.

But DOS was… Special.

There are many brilliant techniques that result in strong compatibility with diverse code - that only gained popularity well after the DOS era of gaming.

It was very common back then to buy DOS software and never manage to get it to run on my own hardware, while it ran perfectly on my friend’s computer.

It’s part of why Shareware was crucial to software sales. If I tried to free version and it actually ran, I could confidently buy the rest of the game.

Anyway, all that to say, DOS emulation is not for the faint of heart. An accurately emulated environment can still be very unstable, depending on the game.