Gabriel Knight now available on GoG.com!
 

i just creamed my pants when i saw this. just letting you guys know. gabriel knight is available now (1st one, im assuming the others will come later).

I've been waiting for a digital re-release of this game for awhile now. I finally get to play Gabriel Knight...and for only $5.99 and a 370mb download :D

And during the community playthrough! :frusty:

No Waaaaay! :crazy: Ha, Ha! Cool. :7 I was wondering what that timer was all about. I suspected it was gonna be something good. Like some of the classic LucasArts adventures or something. GOG are just getting better and better with these classic new releases. Looks like Activision have seen the light... sort of. :P

Nice. This also means the classics are getting more attention from the wider public.

Wow.

Now GK2 and all is perfect.

Great! It's a lot easier to get other people interested in the game when its easily available in a digital platform. Hope it also comes to Steam though, there's where i have all my digital collection.

I think I'll buy the GOG version at some point just to see what the free wallpaper is like. :D

If I may suggest, buy it from GOG and then add the game to your steam list. This way you can keep your games organized the way you want and you're also supporting a good digital distribution platform that offers DRM-free games with extra (and some times exclusive) content like hi-res Wallpapers.

I think I'll get Gabriel Knight later. I'm starting to think my "to play" pile is going to collapse on top of me any time soon.

I thought the whole point of GOG was that the games are optimized by them to play properly on the newest operating systems. Steam doesn't do this; they simply offer the games in the latest form offered by the publisher, and if they have incompatibility issues, you're out of luck. Given all the trouble people have been having with getting GK to play on their modern computers, I'd much rather go for the GOG version.

Don't get me wrong, i love GoG and i will buy a copy there (its pretty cheap). Its just... i'm Steam addicted and i really like to have all my games linked to my Steam account. It wasn't going to be the first time i would buy a game i already physically own, in Steam, if GK comes to Steam i would buy my 3rd copy (phyisical, GoG and Steam :P)

Yeah, if you play only in one PC its a good suggestion, however i play frequently on 2 pc's, and its very convenient to have my games directly linked to my Steam account, so that i can download on both pc's whenever i wish

Can you transfer saves to the GoG version? I'd love to get it if it runs better than it does for me right now and doesn't have graphical glitches.

Here's what the wallpapers and avatars are like:

http://i50.tinypic.com/63snzq.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/abdbm.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/nqb8f6.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/261kexf.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/nlwfow.jpg

It's ok if that's what you prefer but you can do the same thing with gog. you can download games you purchased any time want. You only need a browser and a internet connection. No activation, no other software required, no mandatory updates.

If you want to try the service, create an account and download one of their free games (Beneath a Steel Sky, Teenagent or Lure of the Temptress). Anyway, the final decision is yours :)

I already use GoG, i have Bass, Fallout, 1nsane and a couple others.

Wow, that's great that it's getting a more wide audience. I just glanced on there and saw "RealMyst" was $5! It's more that $30 on Amazon, and it used to be $60!! :crazy:

That is not entirely true, both GOG and Steam use virtual machines like DosBox and ScummVM. GK1 on GOG also uses DosBox.

On GOG you have your personal game-shelf so you can download your games any time to any machine

For the record: I love both GOG and Steam very much! There are so many adventure games available nowadays. When I had to rely on the retail shops in town the choice of games was very limited. Also no more bidding on amazon by obscure dealers and waiting in dispair for the package to finally arrive. No, today GOG delivered GK1 directly on my hard drive in just 3 minutes!

This will probably work because the GOG version probably uses the original in DosBox. You must copy all files starting with GKSA (for example GKSA.cat and GKSA.000) from you original location to c:\program files\GOG.com\Gabriel Knight.

GOG has configured DosBox to run GK smoothly, so it should run ok.

Some people on the GOG forums have mentioned sound problems with conversations partly cutting out.

If you have that problem this is what I recommend,. as it fixed it for me.

extract gk1.gog to a folder, burn it to CD, download the Gabriel Knight XP installer from the Vogons site, run the XP installer and let it install the game. Before starting the game, go to you sound options and turn sound acceleration down to 'none', play the game from the icon and enjoy FMV windows that are 2.5 times bigger than in DOS and intro/credits that run at full size, making them a pleasure to watch while that fantastic them tune plays! :)

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
 

Thanks fly out to Gazzoid and Roper Klacks for helping me out. Good luck, guys.

With respect to all AVG community, GigaWatt.