![]() ![]() The titular character is an author and book store owner in New Orleans who is investigating a strange series of murders when he learns he is descended from a long line of Schattenjäger ("Shadow Hunters"). Gabriel Knight is a series of point-and-click adventure games released by Sierra On-Line in the 1990s created by Jane Jensen. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition However, a warning to those using Windows XP: I found this message on another abandonware games site: A slowdown utility *must* be used to run the game - otherwise you will get a faulty "888.pal not found" error.MS-DOS, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS By the way, the music and sound effects proceeded to work fine. I went back to using DOSBox, but this time when the error screen appeared, I clicked 'Esc' and the screen closed and the game introduction started. I tried opening the game in pure DOS but received the same message. ![]() Using Windows 98 and DOSBox, I received a 'Your Hardware Has Not Been Initialised' error message at the start of the game. But you do get to play around with an e-corder. However, if you prefer your action to come fast and furious, then this gentle, thoughtful game might not appeal. If you like wandering around lush forests and interacting with wee beasties, and performing heroic deeds while being presented with educational tit-bits along the way, as I do, then you'll enjoy this game. like a tropical version of the Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton. ![]() The game seemed a little tedious at first, with a little too much help popping up, but when Adam reaches the rainforest and climbs the giant tree smothered in exotic flowers, birds and creatures, it becomes rather fun. The game is targeted mostly at the younger end of the market, but adults would also enjoy the lush graphics and the interesting information about ecology and rainforests revealed by your e-corder. After becoming separated from his father Adam ventures alone into the rainforest, to discover the secret of the mysterious Forest Heart, find the lost City of Gold and attempt to help the endangered Grove People. In EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest, you play young Adam Greene who, with his father Noah, an ecologist, arrives in a third-world country to study the rainforest. After releasing EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus in 1991, Sierra followed up with this bright, fun sequel. ![]()
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