Cannon Fodder · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
- Released
- 1993-11-28
- User rating
- 4.36 / 5
- Genres
- Strategy, Arcade, Action
- Platforms
- PC, macOS, Linux, Game Boy Color, SNES, Classic Macintosh, Commodore / Amiga, Atari ST, Genesis, 3DO, Jaguar
- ESRB
- Teen
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Game details · IGDB
81User score · 64 ratings
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 respe…
- Released
- 1993
- Genres
- Shooter, Strategy
- Platforms
- Acorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, BlackBerry OS, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Linux, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS, Amiga
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Sensible Soccer, J2ME, Symbian
- Developer
- Sensible Software
- Publisher
- Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc., Krisalis Software, The Hit Squad, Sold Out Sales & Marketing, Kuju Wireless Publishing
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- real-time tactics
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Virgin Interactive
- Followed by
- Cannon Fodder 2
- Composer
- Richard Joseph
- Developer
- Sensible Software
- Platform
- Amiga CD32
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Designed by
- Jon Hare
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- publication date
- 1994-00-00
- input device
- computer mouse
- distributed by
- GOG.com
- uses
- isometric view
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