Regarding Specs, I’d choose a lite DE.

• Xubuntu
• Linux Mint with Mate or Xfce

You can even use an LTS version for longer lasting editions.

If you are using it on a hard surface, consider placing a mat under your keyboard, it’ll dampen the sound of keystroke.

In Order with contender from the same gameline between brackets.

1. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
2. Valkyrie Profile Lenneth
3. Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones (Path of Radiance & Awakening)
4. Monster Hunter Worlds (Hunter 4 Ultimate & Rise)
5. Need for Speed Underground 2
6. World of Warcraft
7. Final Fantasy IV (IX)
8. League of Legends
9. Dwarf Fortress
10. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (& Echoes of Times)

Honorable Mentions

• Midnight Club 2
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
• Tekken 3