Cannon Fodder (Amiga)

Cannon Fodder is known for several things, like being a strategy game with a controversial touch of black comedy, that VERY catchy opening song, and the game itself being among the most praised Amiga games.

Developer Message#

VIRGPRES.RAW, used during the opening, has some naughty scribbles that can be revealed by modifying color 31.

Unused Graphics#

The game's graphics can be found as RNC compressed ILBM files on its disks (they're non-standard disks, but the contents can be ripped by using WHDLoad).

The file startup.lbm contains the sprite sheet for an early version of the game's hill menu. Of note are:

• Totally different gravestones (including a gold one).
• Different recruit graphics including one that seems to be smoking a cigarette.
• Graphics for recruits to walk left and right, and face forward, suggesting they would have different behaviour than simply waiting in line facing left as in the final game.
• Graphics for the recruiter to exit through the door as well as enter through it as in the final game.
• Graphics for the recruiter to seemingly take an object (a bribe?) and conceal it on their person.
• Graphics for the recruiter to headbutt a recruit through the door!
• An unused font.

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