It is not to be confused with the PC game based on the same license, which is a more serious submarine simulator. The console version was originally released on the NES and eventually ported to the Game Boy and SNES.While each version of the game contains side-scrolling shoot 'em up stages where the eponymous Red October must navigate through stages filled with enemies and obstacles, there are a few differences between versions. For instance, the Super Nintendo version has bonus stages which can (optionally) take advantage of the system's Super Scope peripheral. The NES version's final stage is a platformer in which the player, as Sean Connery's character Captain Ramius, must disarm bombs in the sub's weapon bay.
