High Seas Havoc

n/a

NTSC-U
PAL
NTSC-J

High Seas Havoc

System(s): Sega Mega Drive-based arcade hardware, Sega Mega Drive

Publisher:

Data East (Japan, US)

Codemasters (Europe)

Developer: Data East

Sound driver: Data East/High Seas Havoc

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-05	¥?	?

JP	1994-04-22^[2]	¥6,8006,800	T-13103
US	1994-01^[3]	$54.9954.99^[3]	T-13076
EU	1994		T-120035
DE	1994		T-120035
FR	1994		T-120037
PT	1994		MDJ14020
UK	1994	£44.9944.99^[4]	T-120035
AU	1994	$99.9599.95^[5]	FHAV00SMC

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.

Story

Introduction

The story is about an anthropomorphic pirate seal named Havoc (Lang in the Japanese version), his young sidekick Tide (Land in the Japanese version), a girl named Bridget, and an evil walrus pirate named Bernardo. Bernardo is looking for Emeralda, a gem with powers that can cause whole armies to be toppled. A map shows where Emeralda is located, and Bernardo is looking for the map. Havoc and Tide discover Bridget unconscious at a beach. When she wakes up in a dwelling, she instructs Havoc to keep her and the map safe. Havoc hides the map in a cliff. After Bernardo's henchmen kidnaps Bridget and Tide, Havoc sets off to rescue them.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer resembling the Sonic the Hedgehog games. The protagonist Havoc is moved with or and ducks with . He jumps by pressing , , or . He can defeat most enemies by jumping on top of them. He can perform a spin attack by pressing , , or again in mid-air. Bosses cannot be harmed by jumping on them; Havoc must use his spin attack instead. Havoc can also lunge forward in a roll by pressing +, +, or +. The roll does not harm enemies but can be used to evade harm.

Havoc has a health bar that goes down as he takes damage from enemies or hazards. He loses a life when he loses all of his health, and the game ends if he loses all of his lives (though there are continues). Some hazards, such as spike traps or lava pits, instantly kill Havoc. Havoc can find items that restore his health or award an extra life. He can also collect diamonds, which give an extra life for every 100 collected.

The game has multiple selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Expert).

Items

	Treasure Chest
	Jump on treasure chests to release an item.
	Diamond
	Collect 100 diamonds to earn an extra life.
	Goblet
	Gives the player 10 diamonds.
	Golden Treasures
	Gives the player 50 diamonds.
	Chicken Leg
	Recovers half of Havoc's health bar
	Roast Ham
	Entirely recovers Havoc's health bar.
	Boots
	Makes Havoc run faster.
	Mini Havoc Doll
	Gives the player an extra life.

Objects

	Saving Point
	A ring of spinning spheres. Checkpoint where Havoc is revived after losing a life.
	Low Spring
	Launches Havoc a short distance into the air.
	Medium Spring
	Launches Havoc a high distance into the air.
	High Spring
	Launches Havoc a very high distance into the air.
	Fire Hydrant
	Jump on to release a spurt of water to defeat fireballs.
	Goal
	Touch to end the stage. Every other stage ends with a boss fight instead.

Stages

	Cape Sealph

	Pirate Ship

	Otarucean

	Burning Hamlet

	Mount Chester

	Frozen Palace

	Fort Bernardo

	The Final

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.

An upgraded version of the game was 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.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Havoc	Havoc
English (US)	High Seas Havoc	High Seas Havoc
Japanese	キャプテンラング	Captain Lang

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 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #52: "November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)^[7]

Print advert in GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #81: "April 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[8]

Photo gallery

PCB
Arcade PCB (top)
Arcade PCB (bottom)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[9]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[10]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

89

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[13]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[14]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[3]

Gamestar (AU)

PAL

92

^[5]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

30

^[16]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

90

^[17]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

77

^[18]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

30

^[19]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

66

^[20]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-J

70

^[21]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

38

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

64

^[23]

Player One (FR)

86

^[24]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

58

^[25]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

68

^[26]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

62

^[27]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[28]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[29]

SuperGamePower (BR)

NTSC-U

90

^[30]

Sega Megazone (AU)

80

^[31]

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)

42

^[32]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[33]

Todo Sega (ES)

83

^[34]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

58

^[35]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

65

^[36]

	65
Based on 30 reviews

High Seas Havoc

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, UK
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, DE
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU (missing stickers)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	17be551c
MD5	5479601228fd14fefbd1d1fd5fceebed
SHA-1	0dc1969098716ba332978b89356f62961417682b

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

Cartridge (JP)

✔

CRC32	89418d48
MD5	236fa212d395717076dad9ea1892a11a
SHA-1	47307d1a7ea1e813547c94700885595c6e8d156a

1MB

1992

EPROM cartridge

Page

External links

References

High Seas Havoc

Prereleases:

Prototypes: Prototype

[:File:Havoc_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] File:Havoc MD JP Box.jpg

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[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p60-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:MDAG_UK_21.pdf_p29-4] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 29

[:File:Gamestar_AU_05.pdf_p76-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 76

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190204113051.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fcollectedit.com.2Fcollectors.2Fshou-time-213.2Farcade-pcbs-281.2Fhigh-seas-havoc-korea-by-data-east-19905-6] ttp://collectedit.com/collectors/shou-time-213/arcade-pcbs-281/high-seas-havoc-korea-by-data-east-19905 (Wayback Machine: 2019-02-04 11:30)

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0612.pdf_p85-7] Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 85

[:File:EGM_US_081.pdf_p117-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 117

[:File:1700_igr_dlya_Sega_2003.pdf_p43-9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2003-03-10), page 43

[:File:1700_igr_dlya_Sega_2003.pdf_p137-10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2003-03-10), page 137

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf_p20-11] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 20

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_035.pdf_p120-12] Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120

[:File:CVG_UK_151.pdf_p100-13] Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 100

[:File:GameFan_US_0201.pdf_p27-14] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0702.pdf_p68-15] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68

[16] Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 63

[:File:Joypad_FR_033.pdf_p38-17] Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-04.pdf_p32-18] MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 32

[:File:MDAG_UK_21.pdf_p28-19] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:Mega_UK_19.pdf_p39-20] Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 39

[:File:MegaForce_FR_31.pdf_p96-21] Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:MegaTech_UK_28.pdf_p6-22] MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 6

[:File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf_p71-23] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-xx), page 71

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_045.pdf_p86-24] Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p104-25] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p83-26] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83

[:File:SegaPower_UK_53.pdf_p42-27] Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 42

[:File:SegaPro_UK_31.pdf_p62-28] Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 62

[:File:SegaZone_UK_18.pdf_p44-29] Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 44

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_001.pdf_p30-30] SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 30

[:File:Megazone_AU_44.pdf_p24-31] Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:14000_opisaniy_i_sekretov_SEGA.pdf_p38-32] Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 38

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-33] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:TodoSega_ES_23.pdf_p56-34] Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 56

[35] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 119

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-04.pdf_p82-36] Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 82

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High Seas Havoc

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Items

Objects

Stages

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Photo gallery

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References