The Hunt for Red October is a video game based on the 1984 book The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. It was released in 1987 and was available for the Atari ST, Amiga, Apple II, Macintosh, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64 and IBM PC. A port for the Apple IIGS was released in 1989. The player must navigate the Red October towards U.S. waters while avoiding the Soviet Navy. The game is a combination of submarine simulator and strategy game. Reception Computer Gaming World in 1988 described it as an excellent submarine simulator, controlled entirely by mouse. The replay value of the game was also praised, as the Soviets change tactics with each game. A 1992 survey in the magazine of wargames with modern settings was much more negative, giving the game one and a half stars out of five and stating that it "probably did more to turn off purchasers to the wargame genre than any other product". Antic recommended the ST version of the Hunt for Red October to fans of the novel or submarine games. See also The Hunt for Red October, 1990 film References External links The Hunt for Red October – Based on the Book on the Amiga at the Hall of Light (HOL) 1987 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Apple II games Apple IIGS games Atari ST games Commodore 64 games DOS games ZX Spectrum games MSX games Submarine simulation video games Cold War video games Video games based on The Hunt for Red October Video games developed in the United Kingdom