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.

Plot

The story is about an anthropomorphic pirate seal named Havoc, his young sidekick Tide, 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.

Reception

High Seas Havoc received generally positive reviews.
Tony Ponce for Destructoid called the game a rip-off of Sonic the Hedgehog.