| 📰 Title: | Cannon Fodder 1 & 2 (with Open Fodder engine) | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Game |
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| 🗃️ Genre: | Arcade | 👁️ Visual: | 2D Top-Down |
| 🏷️ Category: | Arcade ➤ Shooter ➤ Run and Gun ➤ Commandos | 🏝️ Perspective: | Third person |
| 🔖 Tags: | Run and Gun; Arcade; Strategy; Top-Down Shooter; Squad-based; Tactical; Shooter; World War I & II; Retro; Family Friendly; Funny; Comedy; Satire; Humorous; Pixel Art; Classic; 1990s; Multi-platform; Level Editor | ⏱️ Pacing: | Real Time |
| 🐣️ Approx. start: | 2010-12-05 | 👫️ Played: | Single |
| 🐓️ Latest: | 2024-06-02 | 🚦 Status: | 04. Released (status) |
| 📍️ Version: | Latest: 💥️ 1.8.0➜1.9.2 / Dev: 189fa1c | ❤️ Like it: | 9. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License type: | 🕊️💰 Libre with Commercial assets | 🎀️ Quality: | 7. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License: | Code: GPL-3 / Artwork: Commercial | ✨️ (temporary): | |
| 🐛️ Created: | 2017-05-02 | 🐜️ Updated: | 2024-07-01 |
| 📦️ Package name: | openfodder | ..... 📦️ Arch: |  |
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| 📄️ Source: | |
..... 📦️ RPM: | |
| ⚙️ Generic binary: | ..... 📦️ Deb: | ||
| 🌍️ Browser version: | ..... 📦️ AppImage: | ||
| 📱️ PDA support: | ..... 📦️ Flatpak: | ||
| ✨️ Not use: | ..... 📦️ Snap: |
| 📰 What's new?: | 🚀️ Code improvement | 👔️ Already shown: | |
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| 💡 Lights on: | |
💭️ New version published (to be updated): | |
| 🎨️ Significant improvement: | 🦺️ Work in progress: | ||
| 🎖️ This work: |  |
🚧️ Some work remains to be done: | |
| 👫️ Contrib.: | goupildb & Louis | 👻️ Temporary: | |
| 🎰️ ID: | 15239 |
| 📜️[en]: | Cannon Fodder is a humorous action-strategy shoot 'em up (released in 1993, with a sequel in 1994), in which the player leads a small team of soldiers whom he directs through different missions (72 missions of increasing difficulty), battling enemy infantry, vehicles and installations, in different places of the globe (jungle, desert, polar regions). Open Fodder is a libre, multi-platform engine compatible with Cannon Fodder 1 & 2 games. It comes with two demos and a level editor. | 📜️[fr]: | Cannon Fodder est un shoot ‘em up d'action-stratégie humoristique (sorti en 1993, avec une suite en 1994), dans lequel le joueur dirige une petite équipe de soldats qu'il mène au combat dans différentes missions (72 missions de difficulté croissante), combattant l'infanterie, les véhicules et les installations ennemis, en différents lieux du globe (jungle, désert, régions polaires). Open Fodder est un moteur libre et multi-plateforme compatible avec Cannon Fodder 1 & 2. Il est livré avec deux démos et un éditeur de niveau. |
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🦝️ From Users: (202012),
💎 Features: Big Maps (512x512) (201903), level editor (201902), Random Battle Generator for Open Fodder (201901),
📰 Progress: (1.5/201812),
🎮️ Showcase: Cannon Fodder Another Challenge (72 brand new maps grouped in 24 missions, new soldiernames, new mission and phase titles) (201808),
🎮️ Quelques exemples / Some examples (original game): (201208), (201709), (201609),
🏡️ Website & videos
[Homepage] [Dev site] [Features/About] [Screenshots] [Videos ft(201903) ft(201902) ft(201901) ft(201812) pv(1.5/201812) pv(1.4/201802) t(201812) gd(202xxx) gu(202012) r(202xxx) lp(202xxx) g(o)(201208) g(o)(201709) g(o)(201609) g(202xxx) g[fr](202xxx) g[de](202xxx) g[ru](202xxx) g[pl](202xxx) g[cz](202xxx) g[sp](202xxx) g[pt](202xxx) g[it](202xxx) g[tr](202xxx) g(202xxx)] [WIKI] [FAQ] [RSS] [Changelog 1 2 3]
💰 Commercial:
• Cannon Fodder 1: [GOG (bundled with DOSBox)]
• Cannon Fodder 2: [GOG (bundled with DOSBox)]
🍩️ Resources
● Games
• Cannon Fodder Another Challenge (24 missions with 72 brand new maps, new soldiernames, new mission & phase titles), by Laurens Schutze: g(201808) [Cannon Fodder (Another Challenge)]
● Abandonwares, demos & docs
• 🗿️Abandonware sites (Overview, demo or abandonware, ROMs or Windows deliverable, for contents extraction or information): [Open Fodder (Cannon Fodder Demo Data)]
(see also Cannon Fodder & Cannon Fodder 2)
🛠️ Technical informations
[PCGamingWiki] [MobyGames]
🦣️ Social
Devs (Sensible Software [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
Devs (Open Fodder Team [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
Devs (Robert Crossfield (segrax) [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
The Project: [Blog] [Chat] [Forums] [mastodon] [Facebook] [PeerTube] [YouTube 1 2] [PressKit] [reddit] [Discord]
🐝️ Related
[Wikipedia (Cannon Fodder 1) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Cannon Fodder 2) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Cannon Fodder (series)) [fr] [en] [de]]
[HOLaRSE [de]]
📦️ Misc. repositories
[Repology] [pkgs.org] [Generic binary] [Arch Linux / AUR] [openSUSE] [Debian/Ubuntu] [Flatpak] [AppImage(author's repo)] [Snap] [PortableLinuxGames]
🕵️ Reviews
[HowLongToBeat] [metacritic] [OpenCritic] [iGDB]
🕹️ Title: Cannon Fodder 1 & 2 (with Open Fodder)
🦊️ What's: A humorous action-strategy shoot 'em up & a libre engine
🏡️ https://openfodder.com
🐣️ https://github.com/OpenFodder
🔖 #LinuxGaming #ShareYourGames #RunAndGun
📦️ #LibreGameEngine #CommercialAssets #Arch #RPM
📖 Our entry: https://www.lebottindesjeuxlinux.tuxfamily.org/en/online/lights-on/
🥁️ Update: 1.8.0➜1.9.2
⚗️ Code improvement 🚀️
📌️ Changes: https://github.com/OpenFodder/openfodder/releases
🦣️ From: https://mastodon.social/@holarse/112581318390194901
📶️ https://github.com/OpenFodder/openfodder/releases.atom
🦉️(1.5) https://www.youtube.com/embed/f16FarouchY
🦝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/vpc6DBpcrao
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/8rNmBcrhn8k
🕶️ The start menu of the engine, allowing to launch several versions of Cannon Fodder, with a screenshot of the game in the background, where you can see a fighter on the top right, a cannon on the bottom, a barracks on the top left, and a barrel and a skeleton on the bottom.
📚️ Cannon Fodder is a humorous action-strategy shoot 'em up (released in 1993, with a sequel in 1994), in which the player leads a small team of soldiers whom he directs through different missions (72 missions of increasing difficulty), battling enemy infantry, vehicles and installations, in different places of the globe (jungle, desert, polar regions). Open Fodder is a libre, multi-platform engine compatible with Cannon Fodder 1 & 2 games. It comes with two demos and a level editor.
📜️ "A humorous action-strategy shoot 'em up & a libre engine" 📜️
An open source port of Cannon Fodder
About
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.
Open Fodder is a open Source version of the Cannon Fodder engine, for modern operating systems.
Purchasing the retail release
Cannon Fodder can be purchased from Good Old Games, directly at Cannon Fodder and Cannon Fodder 2
Supported Versions
Cannon Fodder
• Amiga
• Amiga CD32
• Dos CD
Cannon Fodder 2
• Amiga
• Dos CD
Demos
Six Amiga magazine coverdisk demos and one PC demo are included in the data pack.
• Amiga The One Issue #68: (Jun 1993)
• Amiga Power Issue #31: (Nov 1993) Cannon Fodder Plus
• Amiga Action Issue #51: (Dec 1993)
• Amiga Format Issue #54: (Dec 1993) Christmas Special (Cannon Soccer)
• Amiga Power Issue #45: (Jan 1995) Alien Levels
• Amiga Format Issue #68: (Feb 1995) Not Very Festive Fodder
• PC Format CD-ROM #1: (May 1994)
Thanks To
Sensible Software, for the original game
Alessandro Petralia, for his valuable testing
ScummVM, for the Amiga sound routines
🌍️ Wikipedia (Cannon Fodder):
Cannon Fodder is an action shoot 'em up game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment 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 with squad-based tactics. 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.
Gameplay
Cannon Fodder is a military-themed action game with strategy and shoot 'em up elements. The player controls a small squad of up to five soldiers. These soldiers are armed with machine guns which kill enemy infantry with a single round. The player's troops are similarly fragile, and while they possess superior fire-power at the game's outset, the enemy infantry becomes more powerful as the game progresses. As well as foot soldiers, the antagonists include vehicles such as Jeeps, tanks and helicopters as well as missile-armed turrets. The player must also destroy buildings which spawn enemy soldiers. For these targets, which are invulnerable to machine gun fire, the player must utilise secondary, explosive weaponry: grenades and rockets. Ammunition for these weapons is limited and the player must find supply crates to replenish his troops. Wasting these weapons can potentially result in the player not having enough to fulfil 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 all. There are various settings including jungle, snow and desert, some with unique terrain features and vehicles such as igloos and snowmobiles. The player must also contend with rivers (crossing which soldiers are slowed and cannot fire) and quicksand as well as mines and other booby traps. In addition to shooting action, the game features strategy elements and employs a point-and-click control system more common to strategy than action games. As the player's troops are heavily outnumbered and easily killed, he must use caution, as well as careful planning and positioning. To this end, he can split the squad into smaller units to take up separate positions or risk fewer soldiers when moving into dangerous areas.
Deux shoot ‘em up et un moteur compatible, Cannon Fodder 1 & 2 par le studio Sensible Software, Open Fodder par l'Open Fodder Team, initié par Robert Crossfield (segrax, également auteur du portage de "The Castles of Dr. Creep", dans le Bottin).
Il utilise le moteur Open Fodder.
Cannon Fodder est un shoot ‘em up d'action-stratégie humoristique (sorti en 1993, avec une suite en 1994), dans lequel le joueur dirige une petite équipe de soldats qu'il mène au combat dans différentes missions (72 missions de difficulté croissante), combattant l'infanterie, les véhicules et les installations ennemis, en différents lieux du globe (jungle, désert, régions polaires). Open Fodder est un moteur libre et multi-plateforme compatible avec Cannon Fodder 1 & 2. Il est livré avec deux démos et un éditeur de niveau.
Utilisé par ces jeux / Used by these games: Cannon Fodder, Cannon Fodder 2,
Voir aussi / See also: Cannon Fodder 1 & 2 (1993 & 1994, with Open Fodder), Cannon Fodder 1 (1993), Cannon Fodder 2 (1994),
À propos
Un portage open source de Cannon Fodder.
Cannon Fodder est un shoot ‘em up d'action-stratégie développé par Sensible Software et publié par Virgin Interactive.
Le jeu a un thème militaire et il est basé sur l'actions et le tir, mais avec un système de contrôle rappelant un jeu de stratégie. Le joueur dirige des troupes au travers de nombreuses missions, en luttant contre l'infanterie ennemie, les véhicules et les installations.
Open Fodder est une version open source du moteur de Cannon Fodder, pour les systèmes d'exploitation modernes.
Versions prises en charge
Cannon Fodder
• Amiga
• Amiga CD32
• Dos CD
Cannon Fodder 2
• Amiga
• Dos CD
Démos
Six démos de couverture du magazine Amiga et une démo PC sont incluses dans le pack de données.
• Amiga The One Issue # 68: (juin 1993)
• Amiga Power Numéro 31: (novembre 1993) Cannon Fodder Plus
• Amiga Action Issue # 51: (décembre 1993)
• Numéro 54 au format Amiga: (décembre 1993) Spécial Noël (Cannon Soccer)
• Amiga Power Numéro 45: (janvier 1995) Alien Levels
• Numéro 68 au format Amiga: (février 1995) Fourrage peu festif
• CD-ROM n ° 1 au format PC: (mai 1994)
🌍️ Wikipedia (Cannon Fodder):
Cannon Fodder est un jeu vidéo d'action et de stratégie développé par Sensible Software et édité par Virgin Interactive en 1993 sur Amiga. Le jeu a été porté sur Atari ST, DOS et consoles de jeu en 1994.
Il a deux suites : Cannon Fodder 2 (1994) et Cannon Fodder 3 (2011).
Système de jeu
Le joueur dirige une petite équipe de soldats qu'il dirige à l'aide d'un curseur. Il peut ainsi leur indiquer une direction, et pendant qu'ils se déplacent leur faire tirer dans d'autres directions. Il est possible de diviser ses hommes en plusieurs équipes séparées. Le jeu est composé de missions, elles-mêmes parfois sous-divisé en phases. Les vies et le gameover sont gérés de manière classiques mais sont habillées d'une forme particulière : chez vous se trouve une colline, nommée "Boot Hill". À chaque nouvelle mission, un certain nombre de jeunes recrues vient rejoindre votre armée et attends au pied de la dite colline (chacune avec son propre nom, les plus connus étant les 3 premières : Jools, Jops et Stoo). Lorsque vous perdez une recrue en mission, une tombe apparait sur la colline et une nouvelle recrue est enrôlée à sa place (pour la mission suivante ou nouvelle tentative de celle en cours).
Le jeu baigne dans une ambiance humoristique.
À noter
• Le jeu fait partie de la liste des programmes interdit en Allemagne, et il l'est toujours aujourd'hui 1 (au moins de 18 ans pour le moins).
• La version Amiga faisait apparaitre en ouverture un message (This game is not in any way endorsed by the Royal British Legion) qui ne figure pas sur les autres versions.
• La version Amiga CD32 dispose d'une vidéo d'introduction jouée par les différents concepteurs du jeu. Cette vidéo n'était disponible que pour les rares possesseurs de l'extension Full Motion Video de la console. C'est le seul jeu de cette machine à utiliser cette extension bien qu'elle ne soit pas nécessaire pour y jouer.