That was the thing with me I never played Battlefront, but when the sequel came out I bought it. My friend had it for the XBOX and it wasn't that bad. I acquired the first one by getting the "Best of PC Collection", which included 5 Star Wars games in one box. I already had two of the games so the other three added to the collection.
I love the old Star Wars games just as much as the next guy. But it is going to be hard to acquire Battlefront 2 these days. I got lucky and got it at Gamestop in the mall for $20. And it was the only one they had left, they just took the price down to get it out. And I haven't seen a copy since then.