TimeScape: Journey to Pompeii

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Description

Adrian Blake, trapped in a mountain cave, surrounded by a raging war, fears his exciting and adventurous life is almost at an end. The goddess Ishtar appears before him and offers to save him in exchange for his love. Rejecting her advances and safely returning home, Adrian discovers that his fiancée is missing. Realizing that Ishtar has cursed him, Adrian searches ancient scrolls to invoke the goddess to help him find Sophia. Instead, Ishtar challenges him to go back in history to Pompeii in the year 79 A.D. and win the love and trust of Sophia, as a complete stranger. Adrian must race against time - he is aware that Mount Vesuvius is destined to erupt in just 4 days. Overcoming numerous obstacles, Adrian must act quickly to save Sophia and himself before all is lost.

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Alternate Titles

• "Помпеи" -- Russian spelling
• "Pompeya: La Leyenda del Vesubio" -- Spanish title
• "Pompeji: Legenden om Vesuvius" -- Swedish title
• "Pompei: The Legend of Vesuvius" -- European title
• "Pompei: Legenda Wezuwiusza" -- Polish title
• "Pompei: la leggenda del Vesuvio" -- Italian title
• "Pompei: La colère du volcan" -- French title
• "Pompei: Die Legende des Vesuvs" -- German title
• "Pompeia: A Fúria do Vulcão" -- Portuguese title
• "Pompei" -- European Dice Multimedia release title

Part of the Following Groups

• Cryo's Timescape series
• Games with classical music
• Graphics Engine: Omni3D
• Setting: Ancient Roman

User Reviews

nice and *fun* historical adventure game

Windows

curacao (289)

Critic Reviews

Just Adventure	Macintosh	2001	A-	91
GameSpy	Windows	Nov, 2000	84 out of 100	84
GameZone	Windows	Nov 03, 2000	7.5 out of 10	75
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Mar 21, 2000	13 out of 20	65
Adventurearchiv	Windows	Jun 24, 2000	65 out of 100	65
Quandary	Windows	Aug, 2000		60
UHS (Universal Hint System)	Windows	May 16, 2001		30
Just Adventure	Windows	2001	D	25
Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks	Macintosh	Feb, 2002		20
Aventura y Cía	Windows	Aug 14, 2001		20

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Trivia

Pompeii was originally meant to be the first of three games in different eras and places, where Adrian had to save Sophia, who would always have no memory of him.

Related Web Sites

• TimeScape: Journey to Pompeii (official website)
• Hints for TimeScape (Use these question and answer type hints to get you to the solutions without spoiling the whole game for you.)
• Pompei Walkthrough (by Witchen, posted on Gameboomers.com)
• Zarf's Mini-Review (A Macintosh mini-review of Journey to Pompeii by Andrew Plotkin (May, 2001).)