Tom Clancy's SSN
Tom Clancy's SSN is a simulation of the 688i (i.e. Los Angeles-class) nuclear hunter/killer submarine. The player commands the USS Cheyenne in a limited war against China over the Spratly Islands in a…
Tom Clancy's SSN is a simulator developed by Clancy Interactive Entertainment, released 12 November 1996 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Tom Clancy's SSN is
Tom Clancy's SSN is a simulator game developed by Clancy Interactive Entertainment and released in 1996. It was published by Simon & Schuster Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tom Clancy's SSN is a simulation of the 688i (i.e. Los Angeles-class) nuclear hunter/killer submarine. The player commands the USS Cheyenne in a limited war against China over the Spratly Islands in a 15-mission campaign where they'll perform a wide variety of missions from patrol to escort, from boomer hunt to convoy attack.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Tom Clancy’s series
Tom Clancy's SSN is the ninth of 108 entries we hold in the Tom Clancy’s series. It arrived 4 years after The Hunt for Red October. The next entry was Tom Clancy's Politika in 1997.
What it launched against
Tom Clancy's SSN launched on 12 November 1996, within three weeks of Tomb Raider, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Twisted Metal 2.
Released around the same time: Tomb Raider, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Twisted Metal 2.
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