Hunt for Red October review - Nintendo Gameboy

In this Gameboy conversion of the decent Sean Connery movie, the player takes control of the Red October sub itself in all-out bid to escape to the West from the clutches of the Russian navy. Obviously, the Russians are more than a tad anxious to get their hi-tech sub back and have dispatched their greatest naval heroes to bring the Red October back to port. But the US don't have any idea of the Red October's good intentions of defection and they're out to blow the sub to smithereens too!

The action is displayed on an eight-way scrolling sub-aqua environment, where the Red October is set upon by naval forces using all sorts of depth charges and guided missiles. The objective is to travel to the end of the level, scooping up extra missiles on the way. An end-of-level guardian arrives to dish out some aggro, but once he's out of the way, the sub-aqua carnage continues on a new level.

What the Mean Machines staff thought

A fine sub-aqua shoot 'em up without a shadow of a doubt! The Hunt for Red October features superb playability, excellent graphics and sound. It's simply a brill blast that more than deserves a place in your collection!

Requiring pin-sharp arcade skills, The Hunt for Red October is a challenging, action-packed shoot 'em up with neat graphics, great tunes and loads of explosions. If you're after a thoroughly enjoyable and very addictive hand-held blast, this is the one to get.