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Gish

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Gish
Gish cover
Developers
Cryptic Sea
Publishers
Chronic Logic
Release dates
Windows May 10, 2004
Linux August 2, 2004
macOS (OS X) September 8, 2004
Reception
Metacritic 80
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Gish on IGDB
Gish guide on StrategyWiki
Gish on MobyGames
Gish on Wikipedia

Key points

The game was made open source in 2010.[1] Source code can be found here.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
CD key
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com
CD key
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate (unavailable)
CD key
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Version differences

Version 1.8 (Anniversary Update)

A lot of features are missing/broken.[2]
Does not exist for Linux.

Version 1.7

Does not exist for Linux.
Steam: Change to the version 1.7
  1. In the Steam library, select the game, Right-click on it and select Properties.
  2. Open the Betas tab.
  3. Change Select the beta you would like to opt into to version170 and click Close.
  4. Once the installation is complete, launch the game normally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Gish\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gish/
Linux $HOME/.gish/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9500/pfx/[Note 1]
Configuration settings are in gish.cfg or config.txt

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Gish\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Gish/
Linux $HOME/.gish/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/9500/pfx/[Note 1]
gish.pla stores player information, including game progress.
gish.his stores collection times.
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Shared-screen.
LAN play
Online play

VR support

Devices State Notes
Novint Falcon

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bitARM Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
[3]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) AMD, Intel 1000+ MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200+ MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL support
32 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) Intel or G3 1000+ MHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200+ MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL support
64 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Kernel 2.2
Processor (CPU) AMD, Intel or G3 1000+ MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200+ MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL support
32 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/9500/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (9500) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Gish goes open-source - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Warning: A lot of features are missing/broken in remaster! - last accessed on 2023-02-08
  3. Debian -- Details of package freegish in sid - last accessed on 2021-02-16