High Seas Havoc

---

This short article is in need of work. You can help Sega Retro by adding to it.

---

n/a

High Seas Havoc
System(s): Sega Mega Drive-based arcade hardware, Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Data East (JP/US), Codemasters (EU)
Developer: Data East
Genre: Action
Release Date RRP Code
VRC ELSPA OFLC

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. It was also released for a bespoke Data East-made arcade board based on the Mega Drive in the same year.

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.

Version differences

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.

Production Credits

Game Designed by: Akira Ohtani
Logic Designed by: Yasuhiro Matsuda, Hiroyasu Fujimaru
Character Designed by: Mutsunori Sato
Visual Designed by: Kodama Youichi, Megumi Shinya
Music Composed by: Emi Shimizu
SE and Music Composed by: Koremasa
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.

Promotional Material

• Havoc MD US PrintAdvert 2.jpg

  US print advert

• Havoc MD US PrintAdvert.jpg

  US print advert 2

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Consoles + (FR) 89 №35, p120 Game Players (US) 73 GamesMaster (UK) 60 №16, p50/51 Joypad (FR) 90 №33, p38 Mega (UK) 66 №19, p39 MegaTech (UK) 38 №28, p62/63 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 64 №19, p70-72 Player One (FR) 86 №45, p86/87 Sega Power (UK) 62 №53, p42/43 Sega Pro (UK) 68 №31, p62/63

	70
Based on 10 reviews

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 50 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 30 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 50 Consoles + (FR) PAL 89 Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U 60 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 84 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 73 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 80 GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-U 60 Gamestar (AU) PAL 92 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 30 Joypad (FR) NTSC-U 90 Joypad (FR) 75 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 77 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U 30 Mega (UK) NTSC-U 66 Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J 70 MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U 38 Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U 64 Player One (FR) 86 Play Time (DE) PAL 58 Sega Magazin (DE) PAL 68 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U 62 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U 68 Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U 60 SuperGamePower (BR) NTSC-U 90 Sega Megazone (AU) 80 Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU) 42 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 63 Todo Sega (ES) 83 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 58 Video Games (DE) NTSC-U 65

	65
Based on 32 reviews

High Seas Havoc

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
<div style="margin:auto; max-width:px"> 320x120px Cover

Mega Drive, JP
Cover

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU (missing stickers)
Cover

Mega Drive, UK

Mega Drive, FR

Mega Drive, DE
Cover

External Links

• Arcade version driver info from the MAME source code archive
• Sega-16 discussion on the arcade version

File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf, page 71

1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43

1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 137

Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 20

Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120

Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 100

GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27

Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68

GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60

GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 50

Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 76

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

Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38

Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 74

MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 32

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 28

Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 39

Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96

MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 6

Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86

Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104

Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83

Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 42

Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 62

Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 44

SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 30

Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 24

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 38

Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 56

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

Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 82