It's almost always possible to just drop the winVERGE exectuable into a DOS V1 game and play it normally. Oddly enough, verge-rpg doesn't seem to have it available for download by itself. You can, however, get it
here from verge-net (I'd give an actual page, but the download scripts haven't been updated for the new domain name yet.) Alternatively, you can go
here and download any of those fine games which should come with the winVERGE executable. (I recommend Blimpo Warrior myself.)
Unfortunately, winVERGE doesn't support everything, and the old Gods of Destiny is one that seems to break. (I think it's the FMV that does it, but I'm not sure.) You might try a DOS Emulator such as
DOSBox. Remember that V1 was never very stable to start with, though.