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I Will: The Story of London

Publisher: Pioneer LDC^[1]^[2]

Developer: CRC Research Institute^[1]^[2]

Genre: Interactive Movie^[3]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-08-20	¥98009800^[4]	PEASJ1001^[4]
US	1993-12-23	$99.9599.95	PEASU1001

For the cancelled LD-ROM² version, see nec:Ozone.

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I Will: The Story of London is a Sega Mega LD full motion video educational graphic adventure game developed by CRC Research Institute and published by Pioneer LDC. A launch title for the Pioneer LaserActive^[5], the game was first released in Japan in August 1993, and was later brought to the United States the following December.

A cancelled NEC LD-ROM² version was planned under the title Ozone.

Plot

I Will: The Story of London 's overworld.

Dr. Ozone's large-area ozone generator has been stolen just before its presentation at an upcoming international scientific conference, and he has tasked the player with retrieving it. Alongside his assistant Catherine, and with help from a number of characters met along the journey, players explore various parts of London in an attempt to solve the mystery.

Gameplay

I Will: The Story of London is an educational graphic adventure game based around full-motion video presentations on both the history of the British city of London and its various scenic points of interest. The first side of the LaserDisc contains the actual game software, and the second side contains an extended educational video tour of Britain; players are encouraged to use the knowledge gained by watching the tour to assist them in locating the stolen ozone generator.

Production credits

CAST

CATHERINE: Catherine Gribbin
DAD: Christopher Clark
DOCTOR: Nigel Ellis
FLUSH: Andy Smith
ANTENNA: Christian Bushihill
navigation (English): Rhain Parry
CATHERINE (Japanese): Hideko Hara
DAD (Japanese): Shinji Nakao
DOCTOR (Japanese): Masaharu Satoh
ANTENNA (Japanese): Diasuke Gohri
ANTENNA &narration (English): Bill Benfield
narration script (Japanese): Hinako Takita
English Script: QUEEN'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL
navigation (japanese): Hideko Hara
music composer: Taro Iwashiro

MUSIC & SOUND STUDIO

sound adviser: TOKYUFUN
multi-audio studio: GEN-ON-SHA INC.

LOCATION STAFF

camera: Nick Manley
sound engineer: Adam Haylett
lighting: Mike Davy
coordination: K G L
stylist: Caroline Harris
hair & makeup: Akemi Isizuka
Video Editing Studio: JP CO.,LTD
Computer Graphics: Yasuaki Nagami
Special Thanks To: Mr.Richard Atwell & Mr.C.Mollart, Mr.Derek P.Peter of BRAEMER CASTLE, THE WORRIER PRESERVATION TRUST (For H.M.S.WORRIER), VICTORIA CASINO, ROPPONGI GIGO, FUN HOUSE
Director (video): Yoshitaka Hagiwara (JP CO.,LTD)
Co. Director: Chrisu Narumi (CRC Research Institute,Inc.)
Producer & Writing & Director: Jimmy.H.Nakamura (CRC Research Institute,Inc.)
Executive Producer: Kimihiko Sugano (PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP.)
© CRC Research Institute, Inc.
© 1993 PIONEER

Source:

In-game credits^[6]

Computer Graphics: A&L

Source:

Game Developer Research Institute^[1]

Magazine articles

Main article: I Will: The Story of London/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Mega LD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega LD, JP

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Disc

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Manual

Obi

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Front+Obi

Photo gallery

US Release, Front+Obi

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/CRC_Research_Institute
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://laseractive.wordpress.com/laseractive-release-database/
↑ LA Express, "Vol. 14" (JP; 1996-02), page 4
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:LaserActive UFOET JP VHS promo.mp4
↑ https://ludicine.ca/en/filmographie/i-will-the-story-of-london (Wayback Machine: 2021-06-17 00:27)
↑ File:I Will MLD credits.pdf

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