High Seas Havoc
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Developer(s) | Data East |
Publisher(s) | Data East (NTSC) Codemasters (PAL) |
Designer(s) | Akira Ohtani[1] |
Programmer(s) | Yasuhiro Matsuda Hiroyasu Fujimaru |
Artist(s) | Mutsunori Sato Megumi Shinya Yoichi Kodama |
Composer(s) | Emi Shimizu Masaaki Iwasaki |
Platform(s) | Mega Drive/Genesis Arcade |
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Genre(s) | Action |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
High Seas Havoc, known in Japan as Captain Lang (キャプテン ラング, Kyaputen Rangu) and in Europe as Capt'n Havoc, is a video game that was made for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis by Data East. It was also released in the arcades running on a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis based arcade cabinet.
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
Each level apart from the first two and last one have two acts. The Cape Sealph level was removed from the European version.
Development
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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.[5]
References
- ^ Designer information (in Japanese) at Ambelo
- ^ "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ドラゴンボールZ 武勇烈伝". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 280. ASCII Corporation. April 29, 1994. p. 38. Archived from the original on July 13, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ Manny LaManche (February 1994). "ProReview". GamePro. No. 55. p. 58.
- ^ "MegaDrive Review". Mean Machines. No. 19. May 1994. pp. 70–72.
- ^ Ponce, Tony (July 24, 2010). "Off-Brand Games: High Seas Havoc". Destructoid. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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