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On The Making Of Cannon Fodder
Thanks to Games Radar for its Edge-reprinted piece discussing the making of the classic Amiga action-strategy title Cannon Fodder. The piece rhapsodizes of the cult title, later converted to the Game Boy in very limited amounts: "It stirred the British Legion into a fury, was immediately hailed as a classic by Amiga magazines, and abides as one of the 16-bit generation's most memorable games. Though best known for the eponymous Soccer, Cannon Fodder was the third hit of Sensible Software's golden age: a period between 1989 and 1994 when the UK codeshop could do little wrong, enjoying universal critical acclaim and validation, in retail form, to the tune of cash registers ringing up millions of sales."
Anyone else notice the name of the game creators? Jools and Stoo were two of the first soldiers you got in Cannon Fodder. My nick on all games online since was 'Jools' named after the little guy that my brother and I spent hours trying to keep along though the entire game. I never played the Amiga version though, just the PC version. Man I loved that game. It was the first time I ever got to drive a tank around. Just ignore me while I reminisce of other times.
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Screenshots and download.
War! Has never been so much fun; War! Has never been so much fun; Go up to your brother, kill him with your gun; Leave him lying in his uniform, dying the sun; War!
glorious title music. google for it with "cannon fodder title music mod" and you should find it.
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I don't remember this name but the screenshots look quite similar.. so unless there was another game which looks like this I guess you found what it was. Thanks !
Going to dl it tonight and see if memories are correct..
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It was on the PC, Amiga, GBC, Jaguar, Genesis, 3DO, and SNES
ah... what a classic. I used to play this game alot, and it was often late at night before I eventually could drag myself from my Amiga 500. I seem to remember that the game was ported to PC as well. Indeed. Just download Cannon Fodder here, and Cannon Fodder 2 here. Thanks The Underdogs:-)
That game was an absolutely great, and in my opinion, along with X-Com, early Might & Magic games, Ultimas, Doom, LucasArts adventures, Dune 2, and many many others, represented the golden age of computer gaming . I just wish someday gaming companies would return to caring about gameplay and not visuals.