You can use a virtual machine if you want, to run Emon, or so I've heard.
XP can run pretty well on 1.5 or 2GB of RAM.
So if your computer has at least 6, you should be fine.
I haven't done it my self though so you'd have to ask how, but I don't think it's that hard.

As for other ones, just go to the games link on the front page of audiogames.net and choose Roll playing in the combo box for category selection.
I was curious my self, and I've already played world of legend, just finished it actually, it mostly kinda sucks, but it's got it's moments...

There are also some really good old gamebooks at the arborell archive, you can find it from the choose a game box on the front page.

Then there's  choose your story, lots of crap on their but it's got a nice sorting system that lets you filter by rating.
From what I remember, dead man walking, ground zero, eternal, and order of the midnight sun were all good, and their are others that aren't as epic like mommy can I go out to kill tonight and such, but they still have allot of charm.

In addition to what defender and Guitarman have said I'll also note a few more. There are treasures of a slavers kingdom and wumpus 2000, both if titles like kerkerkruip but with proper rpg mechanics.
There are several dos games which possibly can be run in dosbox I don't know, it's a shame since fallthru particularly rocks.

If we're talking gamebooks there is also the fighting fantasy project and project aon, and indeed the chronicles of arborell, the ff project gamebooks particularly have statistical combat, as I believe do the delight games ones on Ios though I'm not sure.

speaking of Ios, there is a dark room, the ensign, king of dragon pass, nano empire (though that one is a little more of a strategy game I think), I don't know how the adventure to fate games are doing at the moment but they're worth a play if they will still work, hopefully touchmint will update them to work with ios 10 and 11.

there are possibly more I'm missing, but check the db.
Also don't forget that there are now a few browser games at least and oddly enough of a couple of muds that are actually more single player than multiplayer.
I'm thinking particularly here of puppet nightmares which has actual story, heavy combat and very optional pvp, and in muds of Frandom which is virtually a giant text rpg or if game in it's own right.

Hth.