High Seas Havoc

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High Seas Havoc
System(s): Sega Mega Drive-based arcade hardware, Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Data East (JP/US), Codemasters (EU)
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code

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 Down) 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: Megumi Sinya, Youichi Kodama
Music Composed by: Emi Simizu
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
89 №35, p120
60 №151, p100[1]
73
60 №16, p50/51
90 №33, p38
66 №19, p39
38 №28, p62/63
64 №19, p70-72[2]
86 №45, p86/87
62 №53, p42/43
68 №31, p62/63
Sega Mega Drive
 69
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[3]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[4]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
50
[5]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
89
[6]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U
60
[1]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[7]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
73
[8]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[9]
GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-U
60
[10]
Gamestar (AU) PAL
92
[11]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
30
[12]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
90
[13]
Joypad (FR)
75
[14]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
77
[15]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
30
[16]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
66
[17]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
70
[18]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
38
[19]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
64
[2]
Player One (FR)
86
[20]
Play Time (DE) PAL
58
[21]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
68
[22]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
62
[23]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
68
[24]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
60
[25]
SuperGamePower (BR) NTSC-U
90
[26]
Sega Megazone (AU)
80
[27]
Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)
42
[28]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[29]
Todo Sega (ES)
83
[30]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
58
[31]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
65
[32]
Sega Mega Drive
 65
Based on
32 reviews

High Seas Havoc

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Manual
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU (missing stickers)
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Cover
Mega Drive, UK

Mega Drive, FR

Mega Drive, DE
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Cover

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 151.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 151.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf, page 71 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf_p71" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43
  4. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 137
  5. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 20
  6. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
  7. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
  8. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68
  9. ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
  10. ↑ GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 50
  11. ↑ Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 76
  12. ↑ Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 63
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  14. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
  15. ↑ MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 32
  16. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 28
  17. ↑ Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 39
  18. ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96
  19. ↑ MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 6
  20. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  21. ↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104
  22. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83
  23. ↑ Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 42
  24. ↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 62
  25. ↑ Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 44
  26. ↑ SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 30
  27. ↑ Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 24
  28. ↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 38
  29. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  30. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
  31. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 119
  32. ↑ Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 82

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