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Cannon Fodder

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4.3/5

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4.3

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Cannon Fodder
Description
Don't wait till you see the whites of their eyes... Don't kid yourself it will be over by Christmas... Don't try to shut out the screams... And don't forget to wash your hands afterwards... From a queue of some 360 "eager" conscripts waiting to go to war, a team of up to six will "volunteer" for ea...
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4.3/5

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4.3

122 Reviews

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Product details
1993, Sensible Software, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows 10+, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, DirectX 9.0c...
Time to beat
7.5 hMain
-- Main + Sides
28 h Completionist
11 h All Styles
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Description
Don't wait till you see the whites of their eyes...
Don't kid yourself it will be over by Christmas...
Don't try to shut out the screams...
And don't forget to wash your hands afterwards...

From a queue of some 360 "eager" conscripts waiting to go to war, a team of up to six will "volunteer" for each new mission. Encourage your soldiers to shoot anything that moves, throw grenades, fire bazookas, drive tanks, fly choppers, split up and do their own thing... and die... Guide your no-hoper's troop straight through deadly missions. And if you lose some of them? There's more where that came from...

FEATURES:

  • Easy interface means non-stop carnage
  • 360 fresh-faced recruits anxiously awaiting your direct orders to shoot to kill, throw grenades, drive tanks, fly choppers, divide and conquer or run around in circles and take each other out with friendly fire
  • 24 bullet spraying missions with 72 levels
  • All the great sound effects like jungle noises, booming explosions, distant copter rotors and some poor soldier's dying screams
  • Five types of enemies including M-16 carrying grunts, snipers, copter commandos, jeep engineers and artillery hot shots
  • Guide your motley crew over hill n' dale, through jungles, freezing cold wastelands and Africa-hot deserts, annihilating the enemy and blowing up buildings on the way
  • Use shameless flattery and brute force to work your way up the ranks from private to four-star general
  • 8 minute cartoon introduction

© 2005 The Codemasters Software Company Limited ("Codemasters"). All rights reserved. "Codemasters"® and the Codemasters logo are registered trademarks owned by Codemasters. "Cannon Fodder"™ and featured game titles are trademarks of Codemasters. All other copyrights, trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners and are being used by Codemasters under license.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
7.5 hMain
-- Main + Sides
28 h Completionist
11 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04), Mac OS X (10.15+)
Release date:
{{'1993-11-29T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
35 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Animated Violence)

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Update (20 March 2025)
  • Tweaked DOSBox configuration to improve stability.
  • Set Roland MT-32 for music playback to enhance sound quality.
  • Switched to DOSBox version 0.74-3 to fix occasional skipping intros issue and resolve a crash in Mission 18-3.
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  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11.
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Update (21 March 2019)
  • Added Cloud Saves functionality.
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Posted on: April 29, 2009

HomicidalBunny

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Games: 141 Reviews: 3

Hours of Point-and-Click fun...

I've always loved this game. From the moment I first played it from a demo CD more than 10 years ago I've been a fan. It's well worth the $5.99 price tag. This is a simple point-and-click action game originally from Westwood (The makers of such fine video games as The Legend of Kyrandia series and Command and Conquer). For those who are interested I've made a Dock Icon for the game which you can download at Deviant Art. Just search for Cannon Fodder.


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Posted on: December 15, 2010

autogibberish

Verified owner

Games: 171 Reviews: 3

Terrible Version

This is a great game but something is wrong with sound in this version. I played this first on the Atari ST and then I think on win98 and it didn't sound this bad.


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Posted on: January 7, 2025

captainp0

Verified owner

Games: 173 Reviews: 2

Great classic but...

I played this game on amiga as a kid. It was a great game then and its a great game now. I recently sad down to play pc gog version and cannot recommend it. The difference is sound effects and music. It's just straight up worse. Lack of the very catchy song at the beginning almost killed it for me. Also the cartoony characters are out of place. Second thing is design of the levels. I remembered them being unfair but some of them and just trail and error. Designed to waste your recruits and making you start from the beginning with new knowledge of the level gimmicks so you can handle later missions. So if you can get an amiga version and emulate it -go with that. Much better sound/music and save states saving you lots of time. Just don't abuse them too much because learning the levels and their gimmicks is part of the fun. ps. Don't listen to anyone who says higher rank=better soldier. Just like in real world higher rank just gives you fancier grave. Another layer of anti war message. Such a great game!


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Posted on: April 10, 2025

franekglowacki

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Games: 23 Reviews: 1

Retro glory!!

amazing retro buzz! Old ex Amiga fan loving this!


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Posted on: April 25, 2010

Allusel

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Games: 7 Reviews: 1

Fantastic, as always... :)

I remember Amiga edition, then it was something incredible. Now the fun, and gameplay are still great!


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