Yes, there is a mod out that makes Settlers 2, the original settlers 2 gold version, playable on 64bit XP, Vista, Win7, Mac OS and Linux!
And it has IPv4 Connetivity and High Resolution capability!
Go here and check it out please. And if you like it, spread the news a bit, this mod needs more public knowledge!

http://www.siedler25.org/index.php?lang=en

Never played it worth my time?

You . . never played Settlers 2? O.O
Settlers 2 is one of the most evil addictive games somehow <.<

I was too busy playing one more turn on Civ.

Yah, Civ1 is evil too . .

To gog!

Heads up people, S2 RTTR is now available in Stable 0.8.0
http://www.siedler25.org/index.php?com=for...ead&id=1043

I have Catan on my phone, and its awesome. It kills half of my work day when its slow and I am just monitoring line and number graphs.

From my understanding, Settlers is the same thing. Is that right?

If so, does someone have the link to a PC Download, pay or free, for Settlers I and II?

i doubt you could get settlers 1 to run on todays machines. you could probably try with an virtual machine set-up-though . .
THIS ONE, is Settlers 2 only in rules and graphics. the complete engine is a fan project coded by them . . basically, they coded a new engine that uses the settlers 2 rules and use the settlers 2 graphics for it . .