Cannon Fodder is a shooter developed by Sensible Software, released 9 January 1993 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga CD32, Atari Jaguar and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Cannon Fodder is
Cannon Fodder is a shooter game developed by Sensible Software and released in 1993. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga CD32, Atari Jaguar, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, BlackBerry OS, DOS, Legacy Mobile Device, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on J2ME.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Cannon Fodder is a military-themed action game with strategy and shoot 'em up elements. The player controls a small squad of up to five soldiers. These soldiers are armed with machine guns which kill enemy infantry with a single round. The player's troops are similarly fragile, and while they possess superior fire-power at the game's outset, the enemy infantry becomes more powerful as the game progresses. As well as foot soldiers, the antagonists include vehicles such as Jeeps, tanks and helicopters as well as missile-armed turrets. The player must also destroy buildings which spawn enemy soldiers. For these targets, which are invulnerable to machine gun fire, the player must utilise…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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