Cannon Fodder had previously been a hit on the Amiga platform before being ported to Dos by Virgin Interactive, who licensed it from Sensible Software. This cute little real-time wargame involves the player trying to complete a series of missions using a squad of hapless recruits. In order to finish each mission, you have to complete several objectives, most often the destruction of key enemy objects.

Rather than opt for a traditional wargaming approach, Cannon Fodder included action elements, as the player actually controls the firing of his/her troops. The general premise of the game involved you directly controlling a platoon of four soldiers, commanding them to walk around and blasting at any enemies that got in your way. In addition to standard gunfire, your troops can also make use of rockets, missiles, etc to clear out enemy forces.

The game was released to the European public at full price, and finally made it to the USA a few years later as a budget title. Thus American gamers didn't pay the product much attention, which is a shame since it's one of the best action/strategy hybrids of the early 90s.

Okay, men, here's the situation. We're going to go to war, but we need dolts who are willing to fight. That's right - you're the lucky volunteers. Now go out there, train your squad up to snuff, and blow away anything that isn't us. Got it? Good - so get in gear and go! Move it! Move-it-move-it-move-it-go-go-go!

A hilariously funny military shooter that had me in stitches the first time I played it. An almost faithful port of the original from the almighty Amiga, except for the sound.

Cannon Fodder is an innovative top-down action/strategy hybrid, combining elements from Lemmings and Commando with a twist of Dune 2. The characters are controlled indirectly using the mouse, as you activate each soldier or group by highlighting them, click the left button to move them to a particular spot, and the right button for them to fire guns at an enemy.

"Don't wait 'til you see the whites of their eyes...
Don't kid yourself it will be over by Christmas...
Don't try to shut out the screams...
And don't forget to wash your hands afterwards..."

An unusual scrolling Army shoot 'em up.
Crush the enemy, and lead your squad to Victory!