The Hunt for Red October
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…
The Hunt for Red October is a platform developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises Ltd., released 31 December 1987 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II and Apple IIGS.
What The Hunt for Red October is
The Hunt for Red October is a platform game developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises Ltd. and released in 1987. It was published by Argus Press Software. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Tom Clancy’s series
The Hunt for Red October is the first of 108 entries we hold in the Tom Clancy’s series. The next entry was Red Storm Rising in 1988.
What it launched against
The Hunt for Red October launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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