Cannon Fodder

January 9, 1993

Collections

Platforms

3DO Interactive Multiplayer Acorn Archimedes Amiga Amiga CD32 Atari Jaguar Atari ST/STE BlackBerry OS DOS Legacy Mobile Device Linux Mac PC (Microsoft Windows) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Companies

Arc Developments Arch Rivals Audio Visual Magic Codemasters The Dome Software Developments The Hit Squad Krisalis Software Kuju Wireless Publishing Magic Productions PanelComp Sensible Software Silicon Sketches Sold Out Sales & Marketing Tower Studios Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.

Genres

Shooter Strategy

Add Trivia

Sort

Submission Date arrow_drop_down Votes

▲

▼

The game drew heavy criticism from the British Legion and the tabloid newspaper the Daily Star when it was about to be released. Reasons included its use of the remembrance poppy iconography and accusations that it glorified/made light of war. In reality the developers intended to use dark humor to present an anti-war message, best exemplified with the closing paragraph in the game's manual, "on a more serious note: don't try playing this at home, kids, because war is not a game - war, as Cannon Fodder demonstrates in its own quirky little way, is a senseless waste of human resources and lives. We hope that you never have to find out the hard way."

sell