The full, original game on CD was bundled with the July 1997 edition of CD-Rom Today, a Brazilian computer magazine.

The full, original game on CD was bundled with the 1/2001 edition of Computer Gaming World magazine.

The file also included interviews with most of the cast, lead designer/writer Jane Jensen and others. The CD version of the game includes a 20 minute behind the scenes avi file depicting the creation of Gabriel Knight.

Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI).

The CD version of the game adds full voice-overs to the dialogues, as well as narrator's voice to text descriptions. The game's locations are done in hand-painted style. Typically, Gabriel will have to interrogate other characters, choosing conversation topics and thus gradually finding clues and advancing towards the mystery's solution. Though the game still has plenty of inventory-based puzzles characteristic for classic adventure, its gameplay is heavily inclined towards dialogue. The game's icon-based interface is the same as in Sierra's previous titles, with verb commands that allow interaction with the game world and its inhabitants.

In this way it is more similar to the company's earlier Laura Bow games. Space Quest) by having a realistic setting and focusing (despite its supernatural elements and humor) on mature themes and detective work. Created by Jane Jensen, the game differs from Sierra's Quest games (e.g. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure game. In the beginning Gabriel collects evidence in hope of using the material for his new novel but soon he finds himself personally involved in the investigation, and plunges deeper into the world of secret societies and murderous cults.

The police detective assigned to investigate the crime is Gabriel's friend. One day, a blood-chilling murder shocks the inhabitants of the city. Tormented by terrifying nightmares, he must spend every waking moment scouring the side streets and back alleys of New Orleans for the key to his dark past. He is the last in a long line of Shadow Hunters, those fated to fight supernatural forces of evil. Gabriel Knight is a wise-cracking bookstore owner and would-be author.

Sins of the Fathers by Jane Jensen