Games I wish I could play again.

in some cases it's ok if you own the game, which would actually be what might be going on here, if the system to play it on is just busted but disc is still in ownership.

Emulators themselves are not inherently illegal, it's when you use code owned by someone that they become illegal. Some emulators don't, so they themselves are fully legal, you just need access to legal copies of the games you want to play. For CD & DVD-based systems, you can just insert the CD/DVD into your DVD-drive and it will work.

And then there are emulators like DOSBox & Scummvm, which are so legal that most re-releases of older games on Steam and other places (GOG, GG, DotEMU and so on) use them.

A great god game from Peter Molyneux, creator of the Fable series. If you ever manage to grab a copy it (it's quite rare to find) I highly suggest you to try it, it's an old gem! There is also a sequel (I own both) but it's not that great imo.

But you can be sure that Super Dumper Master Chief Extended Legendary Collection Edition is around the corner.

So many good games with interesting mechanics have been left to rot somewhere, that simple graphical upgrade would make them so much money that is just plain stupid. And even that is not 100% that they know how to do, if you can recall Age of Empires and Stronghold HD re-releases.

P.S. I know that is not that simple, but sure is easier then making it from the scratch.

Thank you but at the moment I have too many games to play, I'll replay them in a few years ;)
Are there any more games like this?
Yes!: you can try the Populous series, the magnificent Reprisal universe (go buy it!) and the not so great From Dust (never played this one though).
They are quite different from Black and White but they are god game nevertheless :)

This Messiah?

I'm not sure what your specs are, but it depends on the game.

I ran PCSX2 in an old Intel Core Duo 2 @ 1.8 GHz laptop w/ ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 graphics card without much trouble. As Pandryl says, optimum settings for each game (you'll find yourself into the config menus a lot tweaking things for each specific game) vary a lot, but if you're willing to settle with not-so-great quality for some games, I can guarantee you the emu will run in a potato.

Just make sure you don't run your DVDs directly but instead rip the ISOs first, it's way faster that way.

...and GOG....

I no longer own my 360, I guess it's still possible to get Viva Pinata 1 on PC but the disc costs too much. The 2nd one was never ported to PC though :(

Not that I dislike them, I just suck at them. :P

I want my game on steam lol =P I finished x-wing vs tie fighter when I was a kid, blowing up the deathstar was such an accomplishment hehe but good to know its out there, its a classic