Cannon Fodder
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Cannon Fodder has a darkly humorous tone which reviewers variously praised and condemned. Its creators intended it to convey an anti-war message.
Cannon Fodder is an action-strategy top-down shooter game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive for the Amiga in 1993. Virgin ported the game to home computer systems MS-DOS, the Atari ST and the Archimedes, and the consoles Jaguar, Mega Drive, SNES and 3DO. 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.
The player controls a small squad of up to six soldiers. These soldiers are armed with machine guns which kill enemy infantry with a single round. The player's troops are similarly fragile. The player must also destroy buildings which spawn enemy soldiers. For these targets, which are invulnerable to machine gun fire, the player must utilize secondary, explosive weaponry: grenades and rockets. Ammunition for these weapons is limited and the player must find supply crates to replenish his ammunition. Wasting these weapons can potentially result in the player not having enough to fulfill the mission objectives. The player can opt to shoot crates - destroying enemy troops and buildings in the ensuing explosion - at less risk to his soldiers than retrieving them, but again at a greater risk of depleting ammunition. The player proceeds through 23 missions divided into several levels each, making 72 levels in total. As the player's troops are heavily outnumbered and easily killed, one must use caution, as well as careful planning and positioning. To this end, they can split the squad into smaller units to take up separate positions or risk fewer soldiers when moving into dangerous areas.
I purposefully kill some of my soldiers to show traps and hazards of the game's maps. I don't know if I managed to collect all Supa Dupa powerups because there does not seem to be a good guide for hidden items in this game. I found six by using a guide and wasn't able to find any more than that on my own. After completing the game, I show some extra stuff like losses and cheats.
Cannon Fodder is an action-strategy top-down shooter game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive for the Amiga in 1993. Virgin ported the game to home computer systems MS-DOS, the Atari ST and the Archimedes, and the consoles Jaguar, Mega Drive, SNES and 3DO. 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.
The player controls a small squad of up to six soldiers. These soldiers are armed with machine guns which kill enemy infantry with a single round. The player's troops are similarly fragile. The player must also destroy buildings which spawn enemy soldiers. For these targets, which are invulnerable to machine gun fire, the player must utilize secondary, explosive weaponry: grenades and rockets. Ammunition for these weapons is limited and the player must find supply crates to replenish his ammunition. Wasting these weapons can potentially result in the player not having enough to fulfill the mission objectives. The player can opt to shoot crates - destroying enemy troops and buildings in the ensuing explosion - at less risk to his soldiers than retrieving them, but again at a greater risk of depleting ammunition. The player proceeds through 23 missions divided into several levels each, making 72 levels in total. As the player's troops are heavily outnumbered and easily killed, one must use caution, as well as careful planning and positioning. To this end, they can split the squad into smaller units to take up separate positions or risk fewer soldiers when moving into dangerous areas.
I purposefully kill some of my soldiers to show traps and hazards of the game's maps. I don't know if I managed to collect all Supa Dupa powerups because there does not seem to be a good guide for hidden items in this game. I found six by using a guide and wasn't able to find any more than that on my own. After completing the game, I show some extra stuff like losses and cheats.
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