That's not the storyline to the SNES version (nor the PC version), but it's been ported to something like 10 different systems, so maybe it was another port (insert cheesy joke based on original title here).
edit: actually, that sounds vaguely like the storyline, but it gets significant chunks wrong. Sounds kinda like someone didn't watch the opening cinema and thus doesn't realize that the "capsule" Lester (that's the guy's name, BTW) emerges from is, in fact, his desk (and his chair, and a hunk of the floor). Anyway, the "other guy helping you escape" part is accurate. Bah... I need to get some sleep.
(Edited by ExCyber at 8:20 pm on Mar. 27, 2002)