Game
The Hunt for Red October
About this game
In this adaptation of Tom Clancy's popular novel, you play the part of Captain Marko Ramius attempting to defect to the US. Once into the Atlantic, you must rendezvous with the US Navy and fake the destruction of the Red October. Your crew is not aware of the defection -- but the Soviet Navy is, and will try to stop you at any cost.
In The Hunt For Red October, the player is a Russian submarine commander defecting to the West. The submarine is equipped with a silent caterpillar drive. The mission has two parts: escape and rendezvous. Escaping involves navigating obstacles and avoiding Russian submarines and mines. The difficulty of rendezvous depends on the player's performance in the first section.
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Game facts
Release date
Dec 31, 1987
Developer
Oxford Digital Enterprises Ltd.
Publisher
Argus Press Software, Datasoft, Inc., Grandslam Entertainments, The Software Toolworks
Platforms
Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, MSX
Genres
Shooter, Platform, Simulator, Strategy
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Historical, Warfare
Game modes
Single player
Franchise
Tom Clancy’s, The Hunt for Red October, Jack Ryan
Perspective
First person, Bird view / Isometric
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