On Saturday, October 8, 1994 at 2:28:04 AM UTC-6, Adam Williamson wrote:
> Can't quite remember the solution, but there's a guide in GameBytes issue
> 16 (and, probably, 17...I haven't seen that yet) for the game. Issue 16
> is the one you want. You can get it at ftp.uml.edu in /pub/games/
> Game_Bytes (or summat like that...definitely ftp.uml.edu though.)
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Even though I highly doubt anyone will ever see this, I have to thank you "from the future" for helping me to figure this level out. lol even though I was playing cannon fodder back when it was new in 1994. I just kinda had to "leave my initials" here as someone who has appreciated an old internet conversation decades after the fact.

On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:18:50 -0800 (PST), Ian Eddy
<ijenjco85@gmail.com> wrote:

>Even though I highly doubt anyone will ever see this, I have to thank you "from the future" for helping me to figure this level out. lol even though I was playing cannon fodder back when it was new in 1994. I just kinda had to "leave my initials" here as someone who has appreciated an old internet conversation decades after the fact.

I can see it. And so do others here in .action

I would tell you to turn on word wrap but you will likely never post
again, so why bother?

Finally, as for Cannon Fodder, I never played it, but I have seen
footage of it on Youtube. The gameplay itself reminded me a lot of
Syndicate.

On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 08:27:24 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:18:50 -0800 (PST), Ian Eddy
><ijenjco85@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Even though I highly doubt anyone will ever see this, I have to thank
>>you "from the future" for helping me to figure this level out. lol even
>>though I was playing cannon fodder back when it was new in 1994. I
>>just kinda had to "leave my initials" here as someone who has
>>appreciated an old internet conversation decades after the fact.

>I can see it. And so do others here in .action

>I would tell you to turn on word wrap but you will likely never post
>again, so why bother?

I'm just happy that Usenet still has some proven utility to people
outside of our cadre of dedicated fanatics. Besides, I can hardly get
upset about a fly-by lacking word-wrap when a number of our regulars
fail in the same way. So, hello stranger, and welcome. The door's
still open if you want to leave more than just initials ;-)

>Finally, as for Cannon Fodder, I never played it, but I have seen
>footage of it on Youtube. The gameplay itself reminded me a lot of
>Syndicate.

A very simplified "Syndicate" at that. I never really got into the
game myself ("Cannon Fodder", that is. I loved "Syndicate"). Visually,
it reminded me more of "Sensible Soccer" with guns, both because of
its tiny soldiers, and its fairly plain maps. "Syndicate" maps had a
lot more verticality and detail to them.

"Cannon Fodder" did boast the "name your troops after your friends and
then get them killed" thing, long before XCom made it a meme.

Ooh, Cannon Fodder! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBbNB39WdGs was a nice video. ;)
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On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 5:27:26 AM UTC-8, Mike S. wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:18:50 -0800 (PST), Ian Eddy
> <ijen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Even though I highly doubt anyone will ever see this, I have to thank you "from the future" for helping me to figure this level out. lol even though I was playing cannon fodder back when it was new in 1994. I just kinda had to "leave my initials" here as someone who has appreciated an old internet conversation decades after the fact.
> I can see it. And so do others here in .action

I see it too!

> I would tell you to turn on word wrap but you will likely never post
> again, so why bother?

He's posting from google, the only way to get line breaks is manually
inserting them. Well if I'm feeling particularly proper, I'll write up
my text in notepad++ first, make the window 72 characters wide
and do a line split.

I tend to just eyeball it and type like I'm on a typewriter.

> Finally, as for Cannon Fodder, I never played it, but I have seen
> footage of it on Youtube. The gameplay itself reminded me a lot of
> Syndicate.

Ooooh, I love Syndicate! Something to check out!

- Justisaur

On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 12:39:05 PM UTC-8, Ant wrote:
> Ooh, Cannon Fodder! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBbNB39WdGs was a nice video. ;)

It's rather sad how through no fault of their own the studio kept
getting tossed out like the proverbial baby with the bathwater. Lots
of bad luck.

I tried the first two demo levels of the web version of Open Fodder, as
I'd never played it back in the day I didn't have any nostalgia for
it. I'm sure I'd seen it or maybe played at a friends or something
very shortly as it seems somewhat familiar, but it didn't hold my
interest for more than a few minutes.

Here's the direct link to the web demo levels
https://s3.amazonaws.com/openfodder/OpenFodder.html

The Youtuber mentioned Parallax. I thought I'd actually played it, but
after looking at some gameplay vidoes, I don't think I did, or if I did
didn't get very far and again only played briefly at a friends or
something. I think I just had the title music on a tracker player on
the Atari ST, which was my favorite electronic piece at the time. It
still brings the tingles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8LEA23R-Nc

- Justisaur