History VideoGame / CannonFodder

The original game is available for download on [[http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue Good Old Games]].

* LyricalDissonance:The main theme o has a very cheerful and energetic tone to the music and singing, and yet the chorus goes "WAR! Never been so much fun! Go to your brother, Kill him with your gun, Leave him lying in his uniform Dying in the sun!". This is in keeping with the games satire of the futility of war.

* GameBreakingBug: Not totally game-breaking, but certain levels on the PC version are made far more difficult by a porting bug where enemy helicopters that in other versions can be destroyed on their helipad shortly after the level begins if you know where they are instantly take off and start attacking your soldiers. There are also occasional problems where helicopters constantly hover over inaccessible areas making levels unwinnable.

* XMeetsY: "''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' crossed with ''Film/{{Commando}}'' crossed with ''VideoGame/{{Dune II}}''," as amazon.com describes it.

* XMeetsY: "VideoGame/{{Lemmings}} crossed with Film/{{Commando}} crossed with {{Dune}} 2," as amazon.com describes it.

A video game from Sensible Software, in which the player commands between 1 and 8 soldiers on a series of missions like "kill all enemies." It is remembered for attempting to avert DoNotDoThisCoolThing -- your soldiers die horribly and in droves, each adding a tombstone to the pre-mission screen, and the game manual [[AuthorFilibuster openly states]] that "war is a senseless waste of lives and resources."

In January 2010, Codemasters [[http://www.gfi.su/news.php?id=772&langid=2&menu_id=0&page=1 announced licensing third game]] to be made by Russian developer GFI for PC and Xbox 360. It was released in different parts of the world in 2011-2, but was not generally well-received.

* VaporWare: {{Codemasters}} (which bought SensibleSoftware in 1999) planned to remake this game for the PlaystationPortable, but reconsidered. The third game in the series was repeatedly begun and cancelled.

* AWinnerIsYou

** There are two soldiers in your army named [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros ''Mario'' and ''Luigi'']].

* FriendlyFireproof: With guns and only guns -- grenades and rockets can kill your soldiers. You also have the option of giving your own soldiers a MercyKill when they're mortally wounded and groaning.

In January 2010, Codemasters [[http://www.gfi.su/news.php?id=772&langid=2&menu_id=0&page=1 announced licensing third game]] to be made by Russian developer GFI for PC and Xbox 360.

* VaporWare: {{Codemasters}} (which bought SensibleSoftware in 1999) planned to remake this game for the PlaystationPortable, but reconsidered. Also, a proper third game in the series has been repeatedly begun and cancelled.

* XMeetsY: "VideoGame/{{Lemmings}} crossed with {{Commando}} crossed with {{Dune}} 2," as amazon.com describes it.

** There are two soldiers in your army named ''Mario'' and ''Luigi''.

* FriendlyFireproof: With guns and only guns -- grenades and rockets can kill your soldiers.

* NintendoHard: The second game is significantly harder than the first, although Stoo did a lot to try and smooth the difficulty curve (the first suffers from [[DifficultySpike an infamous spike]] at mission 7).

* FriendlyFireproof: With guns and only guns -- grenades and rockets can kill your soldiers.

* RecycledInSpace: Cannon Fodder 2 has you fighting aliens.
* RPGElements: Soldiers who survive a mission are "promoted," essentially levelling up.
* SavePoint: At the end of every mission.
* SelfInsertFic: The first four soldiers are named after the development team.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: Each soldier has a name, and players often become quite attached to individual soldiers, trying to keep them alive as long as possible. It helps/[[LoveHurts hurts]] that at the end of each mission you're reminded of the names of the soldiers who died.

* XMeetsY: "{{Lemmings}} crossed with {{Commando}} crossed with {{Dune}} 2," as amazon.com describes it.

A video game from Sensible Software, in which the player commands between 1 and 8 soldiers on a series of missions like "kill all enemies." It is remembered for attempting to avert DoNotDoThisCoolThing -- your soldiers die horribly and in droves, each adding a tombstone to the pre-mission screen, and the game manual [[AuthorFilibuster openly states]] that "war is a senseless waste of lives and resources." Electronic Gaming Monthly proclaimed it the best Atari Jaguar game of 1995.

* CannonFodder: of course. They're also essentially PlayerMooks, and when freshly recruited they're NewMeat.

* DeconstructorFleet: targeting most of the MilitaryAndWarfareTropes.

* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: for which it was [[BannedInChina banned in Germany]]. To be fair, it's fairly {{Gorn}}ographic to watch your soldiers bleeding to death in agony.
* FriendlyFireproof: with guns and only guns -- grenades and rockets can kill your soldiers.

* MoodDissonance: this is basically the video game equivalent to ''{{Erfworld}}''.

* RPGElements: soldiers who survive a mission are "promoted," essentially levelling up.
* SavePoint: at the end of every mission.
* SelfInsertFic: the first four soldiers are named after the development team.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: each soldier has a name, and players often become quite attached to individual soldiers, trying to keep them alive as long as possible. It helps/[[LoveHurts hurts]] that at the end of each mission you're reminded of the names of the soldiers who died.

A video game from Sensible Software, in which the player commands between 1 and 8 soldiers on a series of missions like "kill all enemies." It is remembered for attempting to avert TruffautWasRight -- your soldiers die horribly and in droves, each adding a tombstone to the pre-mission screen, and the game manual [[AuthorFilibuster openly states]] that "war is a senseless waste of lives and resources." Electronic Gaming Monthly proclaimed it the best Atari Jaguar game of 1995.

* TruffautWasRight: This game was an experiment to see if it was possible to avert this in regards to war. But it ends up as a fun, challenging, yet unique game that enjoyed until today.