The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
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Developers | |
---|---|
Sierra On-Line | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
SCI21 | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1995 |
Windows 3.x | 1995 |
Windows | June 30, 1995 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1996 |
Windows (ScummVM) | February 23, 2010 |
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 | ||||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).[1] |
|||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the retail release is 1.11 (GK2PAT). It can be downloaded from The Sierra Help Pages. The digital versions are already patched.
- The Sierra Help Pages DOSBox Installer for the retail release allows the whole game to be installed to the hard drive, and removes interlacing from in-game videos. The non-interlaced video patch is also integrated in the GOG.com re-release.
- The unofficial Subtitles Patch for the retail release adds English subtitles to the game.
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/496760/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\GK2SG.* |
Windows | <path-to-game>\GK2SG.*[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/496760/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Savegame descriptions are stored in
<path-to-game>\GK2SG.CAT
.
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 settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Retail release only. | |||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | Unofficial translation, download and info. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | SVGA | 640x480 |
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 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i486 33 MHz | Intel Pentium |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 MB | 40 MB |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA | |
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
Windows 3.x | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i486 33 MHz | Intel Pentium |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | 16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 MB | 40 MB |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA | |
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel i486 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 640x480 resolution, 256 colors | |
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
Mac OS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7.1 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68k | |
System memory (RAM) | 12 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 MB | |
Sound (audio device) | Sound Manager 3.2 | |
Controller | Joystick | |
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
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 (496760) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.