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Cannon Fodder

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Virgin Interactive

Developer: Sensible Software,

PanelComp

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Simulation

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1995-01^[1]		T-70366-50
AU	1995		FCAN00SMC

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Cannon Fodder is a strategy game developed by Sensible Software. It was brought to the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Europe in 1994.

Production credits

Program Design: Jools
Graphic Design: Stoo
Coding: Matthew Holt, Andy Onions
Sound and Music: Allister Brimble
Original Sound Effects: Richard Joseph
Original Soundtrack: Jon Hare
Mr Virgin: Peter Hickman
Graphics: Doug Townsley
Licensed by Sensible Software
A Virgin Interactive Entertainment Presentation
Programmed By PanelComp
Graphics Conversion By Silicon Sketches

Magazine articles

Main article: Cannon Fodder/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Ultimate Future Games (UK) #3: "February 1995" (1995-01-01)
also published in:

Ultimate Future Games (UK) #4: "March 1995" (1995-02-03)^[3]

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #40: "Février 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

80

^[7]

Consoles + (FR)

85

^[8]

Cool Gamer (RU)

90

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

PAL

90

^[2]

Digitiser (UK)

85

^[10]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

80

^[11]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4 (RU)

80

^[12]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

88

^[13]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

89

^[14]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

73

^[15]

Mega (UK)

PAL

90

^[16]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

91

^[17]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

75

^[4]

Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)

PAL

75

^[18]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

93

^[5]

Player One (FR)

89

^[19]

Play Time (DE)

75

^[20]

Power Up! (UK)

90

^[21]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

91

^[6]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[23]

Sega Force (SE)

75

^[24]

Sega Megazone (AU)

93

^[25]

Super Juegos (ES)

90

^[26]

Todo Sega (ES)

89

^[27]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

90

^[28]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

80

^[29]

	85
Based on 27 reviews

Cannon Fodder

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	ad217654
MD5	8ae4b83a356da236f587e688955c23ab
SHA-1	ced5f0967e30c3b4c4c2a81007a7db2910b1885d

1.5MB

1994-12

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ File:SegaMagazine UK 11.pdf, page 22
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 158.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 158.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-03), page 99
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-02.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-02.pdf_p98" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:SegaPower UK 62.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPower UK 62.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 46
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-16)
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 299
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Christmas Beach Special" (1994-12-20, 24:00) (+8:53)
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 14
↑ MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 56
↑ Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 22
↑ Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 70
↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
↑ Play Time, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 108
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, January 28, 1995" (UK; 1995-01-28), page 1
↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 100
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 52
↑ Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 24
↑ Sega Megazone, "February 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 26
↑ Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 42
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 9
↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 88

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_11.pdf_p22-1] File:SegaMagazine UK 11.pdf, page 22

[:File:CVG_UK_158.pdf_p100-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 158.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 158.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_04.pdf_p99-3] Ultimate Future Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-03), page 99

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-02.pdf_p98-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:MegaFun DE 1995-02.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaFun DE 1995-02.pdf_p98" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p84-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaPower_UK_62.pdf_p34-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:SegaPower UK 62.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPower UK 62.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_039.pdf_p118-8] Consoles +, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 118

[9] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 46

[digitiser1995-02-16853-10] Digitiser (UK) (1995-02-16)

[11] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 299

[12] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 4, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 23

[gamesmastertv4x14853-13] GamesMaster (UK) "Christmas Beach Special" (1994-12-20, 24:00) (+8:53)

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_08.pdf_p14-14] Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 14

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-03.pdf_p56-15] MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 56

[:File:Mega_UK_28.pdf_p22-16] Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 22

[:File:MegaForce_FR_36.pdf_p70-17] Mega Force, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 70

[:File:MicroKidsMultimedia_FR_03.pdf_p44-18] Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_049.pdf_p70-19] Player One, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-03.pdf_p108-20] Play Time, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 108

[21] Power Up!, "Saturday, January 28, 1995" (UK; 1995-01-28), page 1

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_13.pdf_p100-22] Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 100

[:File:SegaPro_UK_41.pdf_p52-23] Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 52

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1995_02.pdf_p24-24] Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 24

[:File:Sega_MegaZone_48_Feb_95.pdf_p26-25] Sega Megazone, "February 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 26

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_033.pdf_p28-26] Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:TodoSega_ES_24.pdf_p42-27] Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 42

[28] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 9

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-03.pdf_p88-29] Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 88

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