High Seas Havoc
High Seas Havoc, known in Japan as Captain Lang and in Europe as simply Havoc, is a 1994 platform video game developed and published by Data East for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It was also released in the arcades running on a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis-based arcade cabinet.
High Seas Havoc
- Date
- 1993
- Publisher
- NTSC
- Genre
- action game
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High Seas Havoc, known in Japan as Captain Lang and in Europe as simply Havoc, is a 1994 platform video game developed and published by Data East for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It was also released in the arcades running on a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis-based arcade cabinet.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — High Seas Havoc • Developer — Data East • Designer — Akira Ohtani • Programmer — Yasuhiro Matsuda Hiroyasu Fujimaru • Artist — Mutsunori Sato Megumi Shinya Yoichi Kodama • Composer — Emi Shimizu Masaaki Iwasaki • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Mega Drive/Genesis Arcade
Plot
Plot
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
Gameplay
Each level apart from the first two and last one have two acts. The Cape Sealph level was removed from the European version.
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High Seas Havoc is associated with Japan.
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Reception
High Seas Havoc received generally positive reviews. Tony Ponce for Destructoid called the game a rip-off of Sonic the Hedgehog.
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- 1.Designer information at Ambelo
- 2.IDG. Genesis ProReview: High Seas Havoc. GamePro. 55. 58. February 1994.
- 3.Sega Corporation. Software List (Software Licensee Release). Sega Hardware Encyclopedia.
- 4.Opportunity Publishing. CTW Games Guide. Computer Trade Weekly. 503. 71. 5 September 1994.
- 5.ASCII Corporation. NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ドラゴンボールZ 武勇烈伝. Famitsu. 280. 38. April 29, 1994.
- 6.Manny LaManche. ProReview. GamePro. 55. 58. February 1994.
- 7.MegaDrive Review. Mean Machines. 19. 70–72. May 1994.
- 8.Ponce, Tony. Off-Brand Games: High Seas Havoc. Destructoid. July 24, 2010.
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