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: Data East

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code

JP	1994-04-22	¥6,8006,800	T-13103
US	1994-01^[1]	$54.9954.99^[1]	T-13076
EU	1994		T-120035
AU	1994		FHAV00SMC

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.

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.

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.

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)^[2]

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)^[3]

Gallery

pcb

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[6]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[7]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[8]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

89

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[4]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[10]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[1]

GamesMaster (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[12]

Gamestar (AU)

PAL

92

^[13]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

30

^[14]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

90

^[15]

Joypad (FR)

75

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

77

^[17]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

30

^[18]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

66

^[19]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-J

70

^[20]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

38

^[21]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

64

^[5]

Player One (FR)

86

^[22]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

58

^[23]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

68

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

62

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[26]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

60

^[27]

SuperGamePower (BR)

NTSC-U

90

^[28]

Sega Megazone (AU)

80

^[29]

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)

42

^[30]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[31]

Todo Sega (ES)

83

^[32]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

58

^[33]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

65

^[34]

	65
Based on 32 reviews

High Seas Havoc

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
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50x50px Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU (missing stickers)
Cover

Mega Drive, UK

Mega Drive, FR

Mega Drive, DE
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)

External links

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File:GamePro US 055.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 055.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 85
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 117
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf, page 71 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf_p71" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 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
↑ 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
↑ 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

[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p60-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File:GamePro US 055.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 055.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0612.pdf_p85-2] Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 85

[:File:EGM_US_081.pdf_p117-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 117

[:File:CVG_UK_151.pdf_p100-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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

[:File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf_p71-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf, page 71 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega19UK.pdf_p71" defined multiple times with different content

[6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 137

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-04.pdf_p20-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 20

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_035.pdf_p120-9] Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120

[:File:GameFan_US_0201.pdf_p27-10] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0702.pdf_p68-11] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_016.pdf_p50-12] GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 50

[:File:Gamestar_AU_05.pdf_p76-13] Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 76

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

[:File:Joypad_FR_033.pdf_p38-15] Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38

[:File:Joypad_FR_035.pdf_p74-16] Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-04.pdf_p32-17] MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 32

[:File:MDAG_UK_21.pdf_p28-18] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:Mega_UK_19.pdf_p39-19] Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 39

[:File:MegaForce_FR_31.pdf_p96-20] Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:MegaTech_UK_28.pdf_p6-21] MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 6

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_045.pdf_p86-22] Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p104-23] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p83-24] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83

[:File:SegaPower_UK_53.pdf_p42-25] Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 42

[:File:SegaPro_UK_31.pdf_p62-26] Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 62

[:File:SegaZone_UK_18.pdf_p44-27] Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 44

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_001.pdf_p30-28] SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 30

[:File:Megazone_AU_44.pdf_p24-29] Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:14000_opisaniy_i_sekretov_SEGA.pdf_p38-30] Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 38

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-31] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:TodoSega_ES_23.pdf_p56-32] Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 56

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

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-04.pdf_p82-34] Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 82

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High Seas Havoc

From Sega Retro

Contents

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Gallery

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References