Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Description

Step into the world of Gabriel Knight, a wise-cracking bookstore owner and would-be author. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers {GK} is an adventure game set in present-day New Orleans.

Gabriel Knight is the last in a long line of Shadow Hunters, those fated to fight the dark forces of the supernatural. Tormented by terrifying nightmares, he must spend every waking moment scouring the side streets and back alleys of New Orleans for the key to his dark past. And when he sleeps, the nightmare begins.

Alternate Titles

• "狩魔猎人" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "גבריאל: זיכרונות אפלים" -- Hebrew spelling
• "Gabriel: Zikhronot Afelim" -- Israeli title
• "Gabriel Knight: Pecados dos Pais" -- Brazilian title
• "Gabriel Knight: Lucha Contra Las Fuerzas Sobrenaturales" -- Spanish title
• "Gabriel Knight I" -- Informal post-sequel title
• "Gabriel Knight: Die Sünden der Väter" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Gabriel Knight series
• Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI)
• Games made into books

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User Reviews

Probably the finest Sierra adventure ever made.	Windows 3.x	Zovni (9114)
Perfect in every aspect. An achievement that wasn't surpassed even by its sequels	DOS	Unicorn B. Lynx (53162)
Guybrush Threepwood gone detective!	DOS	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (12749)
A shadow lurks on New Orleans...	DOS	Depthlord(Es) (950)
Flawless. Simply flawless.	DOS	_Oracle (21)
Deep into the heart of the mystery.	DOS	MAT (34845)
Gabriel Knight is proof that computer games can be an artform.	DOS	Ray Soderlund (3507)
Not only supernatural, but also educational	DOS	Black Wolf (37274)
One of the best from sierra. Like Angel Heart , only in game form.	DOS	Shayne Bates (13)
Gabriel is the best adventure game series ever.	DOS	emerging_lurker (181)

The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	Oct 16, 1997	5 out of 5	100
Just Adventure	Windows 3.x	Oct 28, 2002	A	100
Quandary	DOS	Jul 21, 1997		100
Adventure Lantern	DOS	Apr, 2006	90 out of 100	90
PC Zone	Windows 3.x	May, 1994	90 out of 100	90
PC Joker	DOS	Feb, 1994	75 out of 100	75
Power Play	DOS	Feb, 1994	72 out of 100	72
GamersHell.com	DOS	Oct 16, 2000	6.9 out of 10	69
High Score	DOS	Feb, 1994	3 out of 5	60
High Score	Macintosh	Jan, 1995	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

The German CD-ROM version has a major bug, which causes to crash the games at at least three points during the game. The program obviously hangs, because of a corrupted soundfile. Turn off voices & music in the crashing scenes and you can go on playing.