Cannon Fodder

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Released Jan 9, 1993

By: Sensible Software, Codemasters, Krisalis Software, Kuju Wireless Publishing, Sold Out Sales & Marketing, The Hit Squad, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.

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Cannon Fodder is an action-strategy shoot 'em up game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive. The game is military-themed and based on shooting action but with a strategy game-style control system. The player directs troops through numerous missions, battling enemy infantry, vehicles and installations. Cannon Fodder has a darkly humorous tone which commentators variously praised and condemned. Its creators intended it to convey an anti-war message, which some reviewers recognised, but the Daily Star and a number of public figures derided the game. In other respects, reviewers highly praised the game, which widely achieved scores of over 90% in Amiga magazines. Amiga Action awarded it an unprecedented score, calling it the best game of the year.

Genres: Shooter Strategy
Platforms: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Acorn Archimedes Amiga Amiga CD32 Atari Jaguar Atari ST/STE BlackBerry OS DOS Legacy Mobile Device Linux Mac PC (Microsoft Windows)Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Themes: Action Comedy Warfare
Collections: Cannon Fodder
Game modes: Single player
Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric
Engines: J2ME Sensible Soccer Symbian
Keywords: permadeath retroachievements sheep snes mouse support tank vietnam vietnam war war zoom platform
Languages: English · Audio, Interface
Age ratings: ESRB T

Complete release history (18)

Amiga · Jan 9, 1993
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DOS · Nov 28, 1993
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Atari ST/STE · December 1993
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Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · December 1994
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Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · December 1994
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3DO Interactive Multiplayer · 1994
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3DO Interactive Multiplayer · 1994
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Acorn Archimedes · 1994
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Amiga CD32 · 1994
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DOS · 1994
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System · 1994
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Atari Jaguar · May 26, 1995
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Atari Jaguar · 1995
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Legacy Mobile Device · 2004
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BlackBerry OS · Nov 20, 2005
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PC (Microsoft Windows) · May 24, 2009
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Mac · Apr 23, 2013
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Linux · Dec 17, 2015
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