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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!

Some games are good. Some games are so good that, in fact, that they virtually define their entire legacy in a single game and wait for it to waste away through sequels that "just don't get it." Games that are held to such a high standard that nobody, especially not the original developers, can outdo them. This is the fraternity that The Settlers 2 belongs to. One of the best strategy games ever made, its mixture of entrancing pixel art, peaceful economics, and low-key combat helped create the feeling of zen in those who played it. While the developers have since moved on and tried to continue the game in many sequels, none have quite hit the mark the way The Settlers 2 has. It's time to take a look at what made Settlers 2 so compelling.

Developer Blue Byte and publisher Ubisoft's Settlers series of long running strategy games continues to be popular, especially in Europe and now players of the latest game, Settlers: Rise of the Empire, can now download a new 1.6 patch for the game right here at Big Download.

The 196 MB patch is mostly for bug fixes and improvements to the game but if you haven't downloaded the previous patches the 1.6 version also includes all oft the content that was included in previous updates, including three new single player maps, a map editor and more.

Download the Settlers: Rise of an Empire 1.6 patch at Big Download now.