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Adrian Blake, an early 20th century archaeologist, comes down with a high fever during one of his excavations in Armenia at the time of the First World War. In his delirium, he dreams of a seductive vision of the goddess Ishtar. He manages to return to England, ultimately finding his fiancee Sophia gone, just before their wedding. He realizes she has been cursed by Ishtar, who feels spurned by Adrian, upon which he is transported through the ages to Pompeii in 79 CE, just four days before the eruption of Vesuvius. Ishtar tells him Sophia now lives in Pompeii as an emancipated slave, and he must trace and rescue her in time. To his astonishment, Adrian finds himself reincarnated as a Gaul specializing in wine trade, and as a friend of magistrate Popidius' son Secundus. He must make the most of all his shrewd bartering and negotiating talents to forge political and economic alliances, outwit opponents and overcome various obstacles.

Animated music video of the Europe song Final Countdown covered by Laibach. Directed by the Slovenian computer animation studio Arxel.

The player assumes the role of an elderly African American man named Marcellus Faust. He finds himself in Dreamland's abandoned amusement park, where he meets a mysterious man named Mephistopheles. The fate of 7 souls hangs in the balance.