Why Sensible World of Soccer Is Still The King

Yep, it really is. The amount of teams in SWOS was insane, and so much fun to play as well. It's still my favourite football game.

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Cannon Fodder: Revisiting Sensible Software’s Classic - The Oasis BBS

A look back at Cannon Fodder, Sensible Software’s Amiga classic. From its gameplay and controversy to its critical reception and legacy, here’s why it still holds up today.

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Isn't it funny that all of sudden, no less than three legendary companies came up with such similar games at the same time? Which one is your favourite?

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#Powermonger
#Bullfrog
#Realms
#Graftgold

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Powermonger
33.3%
Realms
16.7%
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Thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog. 🙂

Yesterday, I wrote about a game that had been ported to AROS. Today I’ve got news about a port of well-known classic that has been ported to AmigaOS 4.

Which classic game is that? It is Cannon Fodder and Cannon Fodder 2, and the various specials and demos from cover disks!

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Cannon Fodder was one of the most popular games on the Amiga. It was also popular on the PC and probably many other platforms. I remember playing it on my Amiga 500 and later 1200 in the 90’s. I still have the original disks in my collection, but it has been a long time since I checked if they worked.

More information about Cannon Fodder can be found at Hall of Light:

https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/cannon-fodder

In short, it is an action strategy game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive. You are in control of a group of soldiers and the goal is to complete the missions you get assigned for. You control the soldiers with your mouse, controlling their movement by clicking around on the map and using the buttons to shoot and customize formation, etc.

Open Fodder is an open-source version of the Cannon Fodder engine for modern operating systems. It supports not only the Amiga version of the games but also the PC ones.

  • Cannon Fodder (Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS CD)
  • Cannon Fodder 2 (Amiga, DOS CD)
  • Demos (various cover disks from magazines like Amiga Power, The One, Amiga Format, Amiga Action, PC Format, etc.)

Thanks to the porting done by Smarkusg, we can now enjoy Cannon Fodder natively on our AmigaOS 4 systems. 🙂 Here is a link to his Open Fodder GitHub page.

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To start playing, you can download the archive from OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/action/openfodder.lha

The archive comes bundled with demos you can try, but you’ll need to provide the full version yourself. The files from these must be copied to their appropriate directories in the “OpenFodder/Data/” drawer. You will find one called “Dos_CD”. Here you can copy over the files from the DOS version. The game will then pop up in the menu when you launch Open Fodder.

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Cannon Fodder is available for purchase from GOG:

https://www.gog.com/en/game/cannon_fodder

Today, April 11th, it is currently at 75% off. 🙂

I have tried Open Fodder on my Sam460 and also in emulation and it performed very well.

That was all for now. Thanks for reading! See you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog!

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The very last minute sale is on untll midnight. 20% Off Everything including Pixel Portraits!

Now with international shipping too!

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Thanks for all the lovely birthday messages, I will get round to thanking you all in turn. Cheers! 🍻😎👍🏼

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