While playing Q-Bert in an Arcade would be incredibly boring for me, playing it on an emulator gives me the funzies.
Emulation also has a practical side.
However, Wine development has a huge task in front of it, and although they've been hacking diligently for a little over 5 years, Wine is still not ready for the general public. To see a status list of apps and their performance under Wine, check out the Wine Apps database . Sure, it's not that simple. But meet VMware, an x86 virtual machine monitor that almost does it all. You can register and go get it here .