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
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£44.9944.99[6] T-120020
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Mega Drive
AU
$99.9599.95[7][8] 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.

Story

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Introduction

The story is about an anthropomorphic pirate seal named Havoc (Lang in the Japanese version), his young sidekick Tide (Land in the Japanese version), a girl named Bridget, and an evil walrus pirate named Bernardo. Bernardo is looking for Emeralda, a gem with powers that can cause whole armies to be toppled. A map shows where Emeralda is located, and Bernardo is looking for the map. Havoc and Tide discover Bridget unconscious at a beach. When she wakes up in a dwelling, she instructs Havoc to keep her and the map safe. Havoc hides the map in a cliff. After Bernardo's henchmen kidnaps Bridget and Tide, Havoc sets off to rescue them.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer resembling the Sonic the Hedgehog games. The protagonist Havoc is moved with Left or Right and ducks with Down. He jumps by pressing A, B, or C. He can defeat most enemies by jumping on top of them. He can perform a spin attack by pressing A, B, or C again in mid-air. Bosses cannot be harmed by jumping on them; Havoc must use his spin attack instead. Havoc can also lunge forward in a roll by pressing Down+A, Down+B, or Down+C. The roll does not harm enemies but can be used to evade harm.

Havoc has a health bar that goes down as he takes damage from enemies or hazards. He loses a life when he loses all of his health, and the game ends if he loses all of his lives (though there are continues). Some hazards, such as spike traps or lava pits, instantly kill Havoc. Havoc can find items that restore his health or award an extra life. He can also collect diamonds, which give an extra life for every 100 collected.

The game has multiple selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Expert).

Items

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Treasure Chest
Jump on treasure chests to release an item.
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Diamond
Collect 100 diamonds to earn an extra life.
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Goblet
Gives the player 10 diamonds.
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Golden Treasures
Gives the player 50 diamonds.
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Chicken Leg
Recovers half of Havoc's health bar
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Roast Ham
Entirely recovers Havoc's health bar.
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Boots
Makes Havoc run faster.
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Mini Havoc Doll
Gives the player an extra life.

Objects

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Saving Point
A ring of spinning spheres. Checkpoint where Havoc is revived after losing a life.
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Low Spring
Launches Havoc a short distance into the air.
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Medium Spring
Launches Havoc a high distance into the air.
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High Spring
Launches Havoc a very high distance into the air.
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Fire Hydrant
Jump on to release a spurt of water to defeat fireballs.
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Goal
Touch to end the stage. Every other stage ends with a boss fight instead.

Stages

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Cape Sealph

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Pirate Ship

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Otarucean

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Burning Hamlet

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Mount Chester

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Frozen Palace

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Fort Bernardo

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The Final

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.

An upgraded version of the game was released exclusively in South Korea for a bespoke Data East-made arcade board[9] 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.

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
High Seas Havoc MD credits.pdf
[10]


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
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[13]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[14]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
50
[15]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
89
[16]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC-U
60
[17]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[18]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
73
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[3]
GamesMaster (UK) NTSC-U
60
[20]
Gamestar (AU) PAL
92
[8]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
30
[21]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
90
[22]
Joypad (FR)
75
[23]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
77
[24]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
30
[25]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
66
[26]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-J
70
[27]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
38
[28]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
64
[29]
Player One (FR)
86
[30]
Play Time (DE) PAL
58
[31]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
68
[32]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
62
[33]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
68
[34]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
60
[35]
SuperGamePower (BR) NTSC-U
90
[36]
Sega Megazone (AU)
80
[37]
Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)
42
[38]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[39]
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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CaptainLang MD JP Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, UK
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, FR
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, DE
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, PT
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Cover
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, AU (missing stickers)
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Cart
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Manual

Technical information

Main article: High Seas Havoc/Technical information.

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. Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-09-05), page 71
  5. Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 8
  6. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 29
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:NewReleases 1994-11 AU Catalogue.pdf, page 11
  8. 8.0 8.1 Gamestar, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 76
  9. 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)
  10. File:High Seas Havoc MD credits.pdf
  11. Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 85
  12. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 117
  13. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 43
  14. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 137
  15. Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-08), page 20
  16. Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
  17. Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 100
  18. GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 1: December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 27
  19. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 68
  20. GamesMaster, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 50
  21. Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 63
  22. Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 38
  23. Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
  24. MAN!AC, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-09), page 32
  25. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 28
  26. Mega, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-17), page 39
  27. Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 96
  28. MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 6
  29. Mean Machines Sega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-xx), page 71
  30. Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  31. Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104
  32. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83
  33. Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 42
  34. Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 62
  35. Sega Zone, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 44
  36. SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 30
  37. Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 24
  38. Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 38
  39. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  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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