Published by Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc. and developed by Beam Software Pty., Ltd., this an underwater side-scroller was released in 1990.

The game is based on the same-name movie. The Soviet Union have been secretly building a Typhoon-class submarine with nuclear strike capabilities. The Red October is the name given to this war machine. The captain Marko Ramius, while on trial run of the submarine, has captured it along with it's crew. His plan is to defect to the United States. Obviously, such kind of weapon must not be allowed to get into American plans. So, the orders have been issued among the Soviet forces to destroy the Red October.

The Red October submarine is able to move in any of four directions. Invisibility may be activated for short time periods; also the player may activate a ECM blast, that will destroy all the nearby offensive weapons. Destroying enemies, the player can increase or decrease the power of missiles and torpedoes.