High Seas Havoc

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High Seas Havoc
System(s): Sega Mega Drive-based arcade hardware, Sega Mega Drive
Publisher:
Sega Mega Drive
Data East (Japan, US)
Sega Mega Drive
Codemasters (Europe)
Developer:
Sound driver: Data East/High Seas Havoc
Genre: Action[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade
JP		 ¥? ?


































Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-13103
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$54.9954.99[3] T-13076
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-120035
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
DE 		T-120035
Sega Mega Drive
FR 		T-120037
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
PT 		MDJ14020
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£44.9944.99[4] T-120035
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$99.9599.95[5] FHAV00SMC
OFLC: G

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 Down) 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 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

Data East Corporation
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: High Seas Havoc/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #52: "November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Game Players (US)Game Players (US) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:

Photo gallery

  • PCB

  • Arcade PCB (top)

  • Arcade PCB (bottom)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
50 [9]
63 [10]
89 [11]
60 [12]
73
80 [13]
60 №16, p50/51
30 №1994-06, p63
90 [14]
66 [15]
38 №28, p62/63
64 [16]
86 №45, p86/87
62 №53, p42/43
68 №31, p62/63
90 [17]
Sega Mega Drive
 67
Based on
16 reviews
Mega Drive, JP
Havoc MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
CaptainLANG MD JP CartTop.jpg
CaptainLang MD JP Cart Back.jpgCaptainLANG MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, US
HighSeasHavoc MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Havoc MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
High Seas Havoc MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
High Seas Havoc MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
Havoc MD EU Cart Back.jpgHigh Seas Havoc MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
High Seas Havoc MD EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, FR
Havoc MD FR Box.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, DE
Havoc MD DE Cover.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, PT
Havoc MD PT cover.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, AU
Havoc-cover-AU.jpg
Cover
Havoc MD AU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, AU (missing stickers)
Havoc MD AU missingstickers cover.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 17be551c
MD5 5479601228fd14fefbd1d1fd5fceebed
SHA-1 0dc1969098716ba332978b89356f62961417682b
1MB 1993-09 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 76e6d20d
MD5 232874913a8c74deecb24145d60917aa
SHA-1 6e0344aace03b703cb05a9a0e10c47ebe404a247
1MB 1994-03 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 61ba8199
MD5 c2aa79a9bdfccf691ff07b9fc0e34355
SHA-1 7c305a4b8cc220f5321eac80ea3fc104a9f5897a
1MB 1993-12 Cartridge (JP)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 89418d48
MD5 236fa212d395717076dad9ea1892a11a
SHA-1 47307d1a7ea1e813547c94700885595c6e8d156a
1MB 1992 EPROM cartridge Page

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:Havoc MD JP Box.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
  4. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 29
  5. ↑ Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 76
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 85
  8. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 117
  9. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 18 (20)
  10. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  11. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
  12. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 100
  13. ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58 (60)
  14. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  15. ↑ Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 39
  16. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-xx), page 70-72 (71)
  17. ↑ SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 30/31 (30)


High Seas Havoc
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