Sonic Adventure is a 1998 platform game by Sonic Team for Sega's Dreamcast, and the first main Sonic game with 3D gameplay. It was created after the Saturn game Sonic X-treme was cancelled, and the team set out to reinvent Sonic for 3D. Players control six characters, each with their own abilities, to collect the Chaos Emeralds and stop Doctor Robotnik from releasing Chaos. It added more story and role-playing elements, plus a Chao virtual pet. It became the Dreamcast's bestseller, with 2.5 million copies sold by 2006.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.