Editing The Hunt for Red October (section)

===Games===
{{Main|The Hunt for Red October (1987 video game)|The Hunt for Red October (console game)|The Hunt for Red October (1990 video game)|The Hunt for Red October (board game)}}
The novel also became the basis for three computer, video, and console games. [[The Hunt for Red October (1987 video game)|One version]], a combination of a submarine simulator and strategy game, was released in 1987 and received positive reviews. [[The Hunt for Red October (1990 video game)|Another game based on the movie]] was released in 1990. The [[The Hunt for Red October (console game)|console game]] was released in 1991 for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] and later for the [[Game Boy]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. In addition, a board game ''[[The Hunt for Red October (board game)|The Hunt for Red October]]'', published in 1988 by [[TSR, Inc.]] became one of the all time bestselling wargames.<ref name="history">{{cite web| url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_History.asp| title=The History of TSR| publisher=Wizards of the Coast| access-date=2005-08-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924195557/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_History.asp| url-status=dead| archive-date=2008-09-24}}</ref>

In late 2015, River Horse announced it had acquired the rights and intended to crowdfund another game based on the intellectual property.<ref>{{cite web | title=River Horse Snap Up Rights To Hunt For Red October – OnTableTop – Home of Beasts of War | website=OnTableTop – Home of Beasts of War – A World of Tabletop Wargaming | url=http://www.beastsofwar.com/the-hunt-for-red-october/river-horse-snap-rights-hunt-red-october/ | access-date=2021-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://riverhorse.eu/our-games/the-hunt-for-red-october/ |title=The Hunt for Red October |access-date=September 17, 2017 |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918064748/http://riverhorse.eu/our-games/the-hunt-for-red-october/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>