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:
Sound driver: Data East/High Seas Havoc
Genre: Action

















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[1] T-13076
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-120035
Sega Mega Drive
PT
MDJ14020
Sega Mega Drive
AU
$99.9599.95[2] 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. An upgraded version of the game was also released exclusively in South Korea, for a bespoke Data East-made arcade board 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.

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) #0904: "Vol. 9 No. 4 April 1996" (1996-03-19)
also published in:
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Photo gallery

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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
89 №35, p120[5]
60 №151, p100[6]
73
80 №55, p58[1]
60 №16, p50/51
90 №33, p38[7]
66 №19, p39[8]
38 №28, p62/63
64 №19, p70-72[9]
86 №45, p86/87
62 №53, p42/43
68 №31, p62/63
90 №1, p30/31[10]
Sega Mega Drive
71
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[11]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[12]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
50
[13]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
89
[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U
60
[6]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[14]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
73
[15]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[1]
GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-U
60
[16]
Gamestar (AU) PAL
92
[2]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
30
[17]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
90
[7]
Joypad (FR)
75
[18]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
77
[19]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
30
[20]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
66
[8]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
70
[21]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
38
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
64
[9]
Player One (FR)
86
[23]
Play Time (DE) PAL
58
[24]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
68
[25]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
62
[26]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
68
[27]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
60
[28]
SuperGamePower (BR) NTSC-U
90
[10]
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]
Sega Mega Drive
65
Based on
32 reviews

High Seas Havoc

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
<div style="margin:auto; max-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x120px
Cover
50x50px
Manual
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, AU
Havoc-cover-AU.jpg
Cover
Havoc MD AU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, AU (missing stickers)
Havoc MD AU missingstickers cover.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, UK

Mega Drive, FR
Havoc MD FR Box.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, DE
Havoc MD DE 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)

External links

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 File:Gamestar AU 05.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Gamestar AU 05.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 85
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  5. 5.0 5.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 035.pdf, page 120 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 035.pdf_p120" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 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
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:Joypad FR 033.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 033.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:Mega UK 19.pdf, page 39 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 19.pdf_p39" defined multiple times with different content
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  10. 10.0 10.1 File:SuperGamePower BR 001.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SuperGamePower BR 001.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content
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  12. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 137
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  14. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
  15. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68
  16. GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 50
  17. Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 63
  18. Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
  19. MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 32
  20. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 28
  21. Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96
  22. MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 6
  23. Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  24. Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104
  25. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83
  26. Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 42
  27. Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 62
  28. Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 44
  29. Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 24
  30. Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 38
  31. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  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
  34. Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 82