| The Hunt for Red October - Based on the Movie |
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| Release Date | 1991 |
| Original Publisher | Grandslam Entertainments Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Arcade Game: Action |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £9.99 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 10.99 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Disk Price | £14.99 |
| Features | AY Sound, Multi-loader in 128K mode, Multi-loader in 48K mode |
| Graphical Views | Side-view 2D Graphics |
| Controls | Cursor, Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
| Themes | Espionage/Secret Service |
| Tie-in Licences | The Hunt for Red October (Movie) from Paramount Pictures Inc (USA) |
| Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES |
| Average mag. score | 68.00% (2 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 66.4% (14 votes) |
Re-releases
| #1 - MCM Software S.A. (Spain) | (1991) | as "La Caza del Octubre Rojo" |
Authors/Contributors
| Karl D. Jeffery (UK) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Richard Knightley (UK) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Jason G. Lihou (UK) | - Game Design/Concept | ||
| Damian Stones (UK) | - Code | ||
| Jim Kinlough (UK) | - In-game Graphics | ||
| Andrew Pang (UK) | - In-game Graphics | ||
| Steven Bedser (UK) | - In-game Graphics | ||
| Adam Clarke (UK) | - In-game Graphics | ||
| J.V.M. Design (UK) | - Music | ||
| Allister Brimble (UK) | - Music | ||
| Neil Crossley (UK) | - ? | ||
| Steinar Lund (Norway) | - Inlay/Poster Art | ||
| Tony Seinige | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Remarks
| Damian recalls: "The protection scheme used on most of the titles I wrote was SpeedLock (by Dave Looker- a good friend), apart from The Hunt for Red October, which uses what I like to call 'DamoLock' [;)] Wrote it myself, including the custom tape reading routines. Multiple layers of encryption that were randomly selected at source code compile time, to effectively fill the remaining memory and take a snapshot of the game, whilst encrypting the saver/loader with 'I' reg lookups- pretty simple to code, a total biatch to decode [;)]" |
Compilations
| Demo version in | Your Sinclair issue 61: Christmas Collection 1 | (1991/Jan) | by Magazine Your Sinclair - covertape from issue #61 - 1991/Jan |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (???) | English | |
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie.gif | 2,840 | Original | Running screen | |||
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie_Front.jpg | 151,847 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie_Back.jpg | 237,576 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
| HuntForRedOctober-BasedOnTheMovieThe(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 579,928 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French, German | ||
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie.txt | 5,226 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie.png | 162,883 | Original | Game map | |||
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie.jpg | 152,052 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| huntredoctober.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback) | ||
| Hunt for Red October, The - Based on the Movie (1991)(Grandslam Entertainments).pok | 482 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
| HuntForRedOctoberThe-BasedOnTheMovie(CazaDelOctubreRojoLa)(MCMSoftwareS.A.).zip | 661,521 | #1 | Scanned instructions | Spanish |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #89-1991/Jun | page 49 | - Review: 70% | |
| MicroHobby | issue #213-1991/Sep | page 42 | - Review - Nuevo | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #66-1991/Jun | page 70 | - Review: 66% | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 1996/Jan | page 15 | - Review |
Magazine References
| BiT | issue #1-1991/Oct | page 5 | - News/Note | |
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #109-1990/Dec | page 166 | - Preview | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #83-1990/Dec | page 18 | - Preview | |
| MicroHobby | issue #207-1991/Feb | page 16 | - Preview - Premiere | |
| MicroHobby | issue #217-1992/Jan | page 61 | - Tips - Tokes | |
| New Computer Express | issue #65-1990/Feb/3 | page 2 | - News/Note - October revolution | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #61-1991/Jan | page 8 | - CoverGame | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #61-1991/Jan | page 104 | - Preview |
Magazine Advertisements
| Crash | issue v.1 #83-1990/Dec | page 19 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #84-1991/Jan | page 7 | - Full-page ad |
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