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

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
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[18]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[19]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
50
[20]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
89
[11]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U
60
[12]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[21]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
73
[22]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[3]
GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-U
60
[23]
Gamestar (AU) PAL
92
[5]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
30
[24]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
90
[14]
Joypad (FR)
75
[25]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
77
[26]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
30
[27]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
66
[15]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
70
[28]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
38
[29]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
64
[30]
Player One (FR)
86
[31]
Play Time (DE) PAL
58
[32]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
68
[33]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
62
[34]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
68
[35]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
60
[36]
SuperGamePower (BR) NTSC-U
90
[37]
Sega Megazone (AU)
80
[38]
Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)
42
[39]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[10]
Todo Sega (ES)
83
[40]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
58
[41]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
65
[42]
Sega Mega Drive
65
Based on
32 reviews

High Seas Havoc

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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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, UK
HavocMDUKCover.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
Havoc MD EU Cart Back.jpgHigh Seas Havoc MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
High Seas Havoc MD EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, DE
Havoc MD DE Cover.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, 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)
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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 3.2 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
  4. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 29
  5. 5.0 5.1 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; 1993-1x-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. 10.0 10.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  11. 11.0 11.1 Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
  12. 12.0 12.1 Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 100
  13. GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58 (60)
  14. 14.0 14.1 Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  15. 15.0 15.1 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)
  18. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43
  19. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 137
  20. Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 20
  21. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
  22. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68
  23. GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 50
  24. Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 63
  25. Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
  26. MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 32
  27. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 28
  28. Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96
  29. MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 6
  30. Mean Machines Sega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-xx), page 71
  31. Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  32. Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104
  33. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83
  34. Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 42
  35. Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 62
  36. Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 44
  37. SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 30
  38. Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 24
  39. Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 38
  40. Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
  41. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 119
  42. Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 82


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