The Hunt for Red October
- First release
- 1987
- Developer
- Oxford Digital Enterprises Ltd.
- Platforms
- Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX, DOS, Mac, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Apple II, Apple IIGS
Also known as Jagd auf Roter Oktober
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- Storyline
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.Read more
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.
- Release dates
- DOS
- 1987
- Commodore C64/128/MAX
- 1987
- Amiga
- 1987
All 13 release dates
- DOS
- Mar 1988
- Commodore C64/128/MAX
- Mar 1988
- Amiga
- Mar 1988
- Atari ST/STE
- Mar 1988
- Mac
- Dec 1988
- Amstrad CPC
- 1988
- ZX Spectrum
- 1988
- Apple II
- May 1989
- MSX
- 1989
- Apple IIGS
- 1989
- Game modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Bird view / Isometric
- External links
- Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Keywords
- modern warfare, cold war, shoot 'em up, side-scrolling, espionage
… All 12
, shoot 'em up, side-scrolling, espionage, based on - book, 8-bit, licensed game, modern military, submarine, naval warfare, crude renditions of real people
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IGDB · recorded 30 Oct 2026
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