[jack07]

Let me get this clear.

I understand that DosBox is made for playing Dos games and is far more flexible and compatible than old operating systems for that matter. But it doesn't offer an option to save the game, which can be done with Virtual Machines. We all know that.

Now, I simply want to figure out the best and most appropriate way to play and save the games under Virtual machine. If you can provide some helpful advice please do, but I don't see the point in arguing, teasing or contradicting to everything that is not DosBox.

So, lets take a look at the possible solutions:
Emulating Windows XP seems too biger deal just for playing a small (1MB) game. OK, that's why I tried to use MS-DOS, as arete suggested. Unfortunately, there is a problem with resizing the window. But maybe some of you knows for a better solution (maybe even other OS or VM) that will get the job done. So let's hear it.