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This page is for the original 1993 game. For the 2014 remaster, see Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition.

Gabriel Knight
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers	1993
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery	1995
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned	1999
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition	2014

Warnings

The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a singleplayer adventure game in the Gabriel Knight series.

Key points

Can be run under ScummVM.

General information

Gabriel Knight Omnipedia - Wiki for the series

Sierra Gamers - Game page on Ken Williams' official website

The Sierra Help Pages - Extensive troubleshooting guide

Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Floppy and CD-ROM "talkie" release with voice acting and extra cutscenes.
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).^[1]
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

Install the relevant official patch if you are using a retail version. The latest patch is 1.0a (GKCDPAT) for the CD-ROM version and 1.0b (GKPAT10B) for the floppy release.

Install the relevant unofficial NRS patch to correct some game-breaking issues on modern systems (latest official patch required). GK1CD_NRS is for the CD-ROM and GK1_NRS - for the floppy version. For other solutions to these problems, see: Issues fixed.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\RESOURCE.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game>\RESOURCE.WIN^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/495700/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\GKSG.*
Windows	<path-to-game>\GKSG.*^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/495700/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

General options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Fixed at 320x240 DOS; 640x480 Win
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and Sound Effects
Surround sound		MIDI music can be placed in 3D space if 3D MIDI compatible hardware is available
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Russian				Fan translation, download and info.
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Issues fixed

Before anything else, get the latest patches for your respective game version. Also, check out Sierra's help page for solutions for known issues.

Day 5 Phone Call Lockup

Depending on your progress, at the beginning of day five Grace may give you the Rada Drum Book twice, and when the phone rings Gabriel says he'll get it but he never moves. This can be fixed the following ways:

Before you start day 5:

In the options, turn the detail all the way down and the speed all the way up.
If you are using DOSBox, set CPU Cycles to under 7000.

Day 6 Police Station Timing Issue

Depending on the speed of your computer, it might be impossible to get into Mosley's office on day 6 because the solution is timer based and the distraction might not last long enough to reach the office. To progress, you can use either of the following options:

Use a CPU slowdown utility. The Gabriel Knight Mysteries: Limited Edition included such a utility, but it might not work anymore. Alternatively, you can try using CPUKILLER to achieve a slow down.
If you are using DOSBox, set CPU Cycles to under 7000.

Note that you do not need to reload if the beignet guy already left the station and you failed to get into the office. In that case, apply either fix and return to the police station, the officer will fall asleep after some time permitting you to get into the office.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA, SVGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 80386	Intel 486DX
System memory (RAM)	4 MB	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 MB (floppy) 1 MB (CD-ROM)
Video card (GPU)	VGA

Windows 3.x
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	3.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel 80386
System memory (RAM)	4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	SVGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Windows requirements come from the GOG.com release.

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7.0
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68030
System memory (RAM)	5 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 MB
Video card (GPU)	256-color support

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (495700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (495700) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (495700) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[1]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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Developers

	Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Activision
Engines
	SCI2
Release dates
DOS	December 17, 1993
Windows 3.x	December 17, 1993
Mac OS (Classic)	1994
Windows (ScummVM)	January 28, 2010
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Themes	Detective/mystery, Supernatural
Series	Gabriel Knight