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Cannon Fodder (GB)

Newest Review: ... fortresses. The flora and fauna, too, will hinder your would-be heroes' efforts. In the jungle, for example, it is all ... more

... too easy to trip on a trap laid by the (not so friendly) natives, or sink to your doom in a pit of quick sand. Game play consists of controlling your squad of army recruits using a crosshair-shaped pointer. Click one button to direct all your men to the crosshairs, click the other and they will fire a volley of machine gun fire to where ever you are pointing. Press both together and a grenade will be tossed in the general direction, or a bazooka shell fired. This control scheme is similar to many PC "real time stra...more

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Cannon Fodder (GB): War really is hell. (737 words)
by quirky - written on 22/08/01 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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An all time Amiga classic brought back from the dead on Game Boy Color, but is it any good? Well, the first thing that strikes you when you switch the game on is the opening FMV and music. Yes really, a pre-rendered opening movie on the GBC, and the music even has the original "singing"! The first thing you have to do to start a game is enter your name, and it saves a "game file" for you. The game starts out in an army camp with a handful of new recruits at your disposal. The camp is rendered in pseudo 3D and looks pretty impressive. From here you can save your progress, view various statistics or start the next mission. The ...

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