High Seas Havoc, known as Captain Lang (キャプテンラング) in Japan and just Havoc in Europe, is a platform game developed by Data East for the Sega Mega Drive in 1993. An upgraded version of the game was also released exclusively in South Korea, for a bespoke Data East-made arcade board[6] based on the Mega Drive in the same year. Interestingly the PCB ID is "DE-0407-2" which might suggest there is another unknown Mega Drive based board out there.
Gameplay
In the game you play as an anthropomorphic seal named Havoc (Lang in the Japanese version) on a quest to rescue a girl named Bridget from the evil pirate Bernardo. All controller buttons are treated the same. Pressing once jumps. Pressing while in midair does a spin attack. Pressing while crouching (hold
) lunges forward in a roll. Jumping on enemies destroys them and jumping on treasure chests opens them.
Versions
The first stage "Cape Sealph" has been removed for the PAL version, which starts with the second stage "Pirate Ship". The data is still on the ROM however, and can be accessed using cheating devices.
Localised names
Also known as
Language
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Localised Name
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English Translation
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English
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Havoc
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Havoc
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English (US)
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High Seas Havoc
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High Seas Havoc
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Japanese
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キャプテンラング
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Captain Lang
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Production credits
- Game Designed by: 大谷 明
- Logic Designed by: 松田 康弘, 藤丸 博康
- Character Designed by: 佐藤 睦典
- Visual Designed by: 新谷 恵, 児玉 陽一
- Music Composed by: 清水 絵美
- SE and Music Composed by: 是政
- Special Thanks to: Masato Noguchi, Steve Miller, Yasuro Koideya, Hisatada Ohta, Eisuke Tsuzawa, Syuji Ishimaki, Manabu Yokoi, Yukie Shiraiwa, Ayumi Kitazawa, Mari Matsuzaka, Konoa, Data East USA, Inc.
- Data East Corporation
- Source:
- In-game credits
Magazine articles
- Main article: High Seas Havoc/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Print advert in
GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
Photo gallery
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
Mega Drive, JP
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 Cover
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  Cart
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Mega Drive, US
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 Cover
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 Cart  Manual
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Mega Drive, EU
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 Cover
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Mega Drive, FR
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 Cover
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Mega Drive, DE
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 Cover
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Mega Drive, PT
|
 Cover
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Mega Drive, AU
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 Cover
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 Cart
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Mega Drive, AU (missing stickers)
|
 Cover
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System |
Hash |
Size |
Build Date |
Source |
Comments |
|
|
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✔
|
CRC32
|
17be551c
|
MD5
|
5479601228fd14fefbd1d1fd5fceebed
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SHA-1
|
0dc1969098716ba332978b89356f62961417682b
|
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1MB
|
1993-09
|
Cartridge (US)
|
|
|
|
|
✔
|
CRC32
|
76e6d20d
|
MD5
|
232874913a8c74deecb24145d60917aa
|
SHA-1
|
6e0344aace03b703cb05a9a0e10c47ebe404a247
|
|
1MB
|
1994-03
|
Cartridge (EU)
|
|
|
|
|
✔
|
CRC32
|
61ba8199
|
MD5
|
c2aa79a9bdfccf691ff07b9fc0e34355
|
SHA-1
|
7c305a4b8cc220f5321eac80ea3fc104a9f5897a
|
|
1MB
|
1993-12
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Cartridge (JP)
|
|
|
|
|
✔
|
CRC32
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89418d48
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MD5
|
236fa212d395717076dad9ea1892a11a
|
SHA-1
|
47307d1a7ea1e813547c94700885595c6e8d156a
|
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1MB
|
1992
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EPROM cartridge
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Page
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External links
References
- ↑ File:Havoc MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 29
- ↑ Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 76
- ↑ http://collectedit.com/collectors/shou-time-213/arcade-pcbs-281/high-seas-havoc-korea-by-data-east-19905 (Wayback Machine: 2019-02-04 11:30)
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 85
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 117
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 18 (20)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 100
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58 (60)
- ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
- ↑ Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 39
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-xx), page 70-72 (71)
- ↑ SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 30/31 (30)