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Sometimes you just need to sit down, slide a floppy into your A: drive, and enjoy gaming retro style. We know this all too well! That's why we have a list of the best and brightest from days long gone. These are some of our favorite games of all time, and we're sure that you'll love them as much as we do, if not more. Welcome to Boot Disk, and enjoy the retro ride!

The Star Wars games have had a long and rough history. For every Knights of the Old Republic, there's a Force Commander waiting in the wings to be made. The game that really cemented in the minds of the public that a Star Wars game could be done well, however, was the venerated and recently re-released Dark Forces II. While it was not the first or last entry in the Dark Forces franchise, it was certainly the best, and set the bar for all Star Wars games to come after. In fact, only one other Star Wars game surpasses it, and that is Knights of the Old Republic. So let's take a peek at an FPS classic.

Yesterday's release of the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight games from LucasArts on Steam wasn't totally smooth at least for two of the games. Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight and its expansion pack Mysteries of the Sith are not agreeing with a number of current PC gaming rigs, at least according to comments made on the Steam message boards (for the record we have experienced no such problems with running the Steam versions of the games on our PC).

Valve's message boards have some answers to gamer's complaints about the game including the fact that the game is supposed to be in windowed mode for cut scenes and for the game's menu screens (the game itself runs in full screen). Other issues like 3D acceleration, screen resolution and keyboard button setups are also addressed. One big thing that can't be solved is the in-game music which for Dark Forces II was solely on the CD. That means there's no in-game music for the Steam version.

As promised last week, LucasArts has released all five games in their Star Wars-themed Jedi Knight first person shooter series via Steam. The first two games (Dark Forces and Jedi Knight) are priced at $4.99 each with the Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith expansion pack priced at $2.99. The last two games in the series (Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy) are priced at $9.99 each. In addition you can get all five games in one big bundle for just $19.99.

In addition to the new releases, LucasArts has bundled four of their previous Steam adventure games into one collection. You can get Loom, The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis together for one low price of just $9.99.

LucasArts' Twitter page nowhas more info on the upcoming digital download release of their next batch of classic PC games. As we reported earlier this week LucasArts will re-release the Jedi Knight series of first person action game via Steam (and also Direct2Drive). LucasArts' Twitter page said the actual release date will be on Wednesday, September 16.

And just how many of the games in the series will be released? According to LucasArts it will be ALL of them. That means we can expect to play four terrific stand alone games plus one expansion pack when the series is re-released next week. Just in case you are not familiar with the series, we have created a handy guide to help you out. We also take a look at some non-game related Dark Forces/Jedi Knight products.

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