The Hunt for Red October (1987 video game) The Hunt for Red October (1987 video game) The Hunt for Red October is a video game based on the book "The Hunt for Red October". It was released in 1987 and was available for the Atari ST, Amiga, Apple II, 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. "Computer Gaming World" in 1988 described it as an excellent submarine simulator, controlled entirely by
The Hunt for Red October are many deviations, including "Red October" traveling up the Penobscot River in Maine to dry dock, and the "caterpillar drive" being described as a magnetohydrodynamic drive system, essentially, "a jet engine for the water". The film received mainly positive reviews from critics, holding an 87% rating from Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews. It was the 6th top-grossing film of the year, generating $122 million in North America and more than $200 million worldwide in box office. In a 1991 interview, Clancy remarked of the film's success: "It was reasonably true to the spirit of the book, although the movie