ÛßßßßßßßßßÛÜÜ ÜÛßßßßßßßßßßßßÛ GFX ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÛÜ ÛßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ßßßÛßßßßßßÛÜßÛÛÜ Û ÛÛÛßßßßßßßßßßß Û ÜßÜÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßßßÛßÛÛÛ ÛßßßßßßßßßÜÛÛÛÛ ÛßßßßßßßßßßßÜÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßß Dream Syndicate DOX Division ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³ þ Cannon Fodder (beta) ³ þ A Virgin/Sensible software production ³ þ Supplyed by -?- ³ þ Full Manual Typed by : Acid Queen/DS ³ ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ³ ³ 01...........Introduction ³ 02...........The Installation ³ 03...........General Impressions ³ 04...........Background Story ³ 05...........Object to the game ³ 06...........Ingame Keys/Movement ³ 07...........Items & Objects ³ 08...........Hints ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸ ³ ³úú01 Introductionúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³ ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ; After a period of two months we recived lotsa games which were either fake or were just foreign language games. Well, finally we got a real game. Its in english, its playable and its big fun to play it. The game is called "cannon fodder". Its an arcade game with a overhead view. The job is to shoot enemy soldiers and destroy buildings. All packed in a funny package. ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸ ³ ³úú02 The Installationúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³ ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ; Very nice install methode. You get the change to view the autoexec.bat, the config.sys and the change to configure the game. You can select almost any soundcard and the nice way is that you can test the card very easily from this menu. The game supports 2 graphic modes : VGA normal and VGA Tseng, under normal circumstances just use the VGA normal. The only problem with this game is the memory requirement. It uses 610 Kb and that was just too much for me. Thats why you can display the config files, so you can see what you have to remove. Its possible to start the game, just experiment with several configuration. In my case i had to remove the ansi.sys driver from the system and the game worked fine. So dont give up when you got a memory error. The game is worth the troubles. ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸ ³ ³úú03 General Impressionsúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³ ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ; The game is very nice, has funny melodies and looks great. It is a real "must play this game" type. The Sound : Not impressive when we talk about quality, but its the funny little melodies which do the trick. Reminds to circus-sounds or more like lemmings ][ sounds. Graphics : Great, well drawn graphics. I think they just used about 20 to 30 colors (in 256-mode), but this game is not about graphics, its about funplay. Speed : Super, very fast scrolling of the screen in several directions. Playability : If you have a good mouse which is not too sensitive, then it plays very well. The game aint too difficult, so anyone can play it. ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸ ³ ³úú04 Background Storyúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³ ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ; THere was no background story supplyed. So lets make one up. Your country has been invaded by enemy troops. As you are mr. Patriot number one, you want to save your country. To do so you call up on a army of recruits. You train them to become soldiers so you can send a squad to the country to wipe out the enemies. ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸ ³ ³úú05 Object of the gameúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³ ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ; In this game you can lead an armie of several soldiers. You can send a few of them (mostly 4 of them) to a mission. In this mission you must succeed in 2 tasks. These are "kill all enemies" and "kill all enemy buildings". Not very original, but they cover what the game is all about. With the mouse you can send your troops as a squad or as individual soldiers to attack the enemy. After you kill all enemies then the mission is over. Some missions are divided in several phases. Each of them is in the same scene as eachother. After you ended all phases the mission is over. When the mission is over you get to see several screens, like : a. The heroes of victory. Here you see you squad where they get promotion. b. Casualties of war. A list of the soldiers you lost in this mission. c. The starting screen. Here some new recruits are added to your army. The recruits are all fresh with 0 points. The more the recruits kill the more points they get. This will result in promotion in the here- screen. ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸ ³ ³úú06 Ingame Keys/Movementúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³ ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ; The game is divided in 2 parts : a. The beginning screen, where you see a row of recruits which try to pass through a door. Only a few of them can enter for a mission. Each mission has its maxium of soldiers. Each soldier has a kill-score, this indicates there experience. The more experience the higher their rank. A score is also displayed in the top-screen, with the HOME:AWAY option. This is the total score. The Save and the Restore options are clear enough for you (i hope). The mountion is clean in the beginning of the game, but later on a few gravestones will appear. Each of them is one of your lost soldiers. The average soldiers are represented by a simple white cross and the officers are displayed as a precious stone. The nicer the stone the higher the rank of the soldier. In the hero-part you can see the lost soldiers with their rank and their score. In the squad part you can see the soldiers who are currently a part of your team. If one of them get killed the squad will be added with other soldiers (with are moved trough the recruit-door). By clicking the mouse you can start the game with the squad. b. In the game part you are on a certain area which is a part of a bigger area. You can move on the land with the left mouse-button. Its also possible to select the MAP to see the enemy buildings left and your current position. If you see an enemy you can kill him with the right mouse-button. To activate a special power (grenade or rocket), you must press both mouse-buttons at the same time. In the top left you see a list of you members. You can select several of them so they will split up. This way you can select your own little groups in stead of using the entire team at once. This way you can use the low ranks as "cannon fodder", sure thats the name of the game. You can also select items from the inventory by just clicking at them. This way you can decide how much grenates the team gets. To activate the special power you must clock on the symbol (grenade or rocket) and then you can use both mouse-buttons. ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸ ³ ³úú07 Items & Objectsúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³ ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ; ITEMS: Crate of grenades : 4 grenades. Crate of Rockets : 4 rockets. Snow Mobile : You can drive in it. House : Enemy building. Fuel tank : You can destroy it and all enemies around will die. If you stand near it you also die! Aboriginels : Just men who live in huts. You can kill them, has no effect on the game (i guess). ENEMIES: Soldier : Just a rifle. Grenade thrower : Throws grenades Soldier 2 : Has a machine gun. Machine site : Posted at vital parts. Shoot very fast. Rocket Launcers : Right, they shoot rockets. Little Tank : stands still but can shoot. Land Mine : Just try to step on them :-) ÕÍÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ͸ ³ ³úú08 Hintsúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú³ ³ ÔÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ; Always split the team of in seperate soldiers. This way you can put your team members at vital positions in the game. If you doesnt use a team, then this team will go in automode and kills all enemies with try to get closer. Grenade throwers arent very dangerous, just use your machine gun. Rocket Launcers are dangerous, Just try to shoot them before they shoot you, or move fast towards them and zigzag a lot. Watch out for land mines, they arent drwan very well, so hard to see where they are. Dont be a fool and dont step into quick sand or swaps, They kill you. When you see a fuel barrel with troops aaround it, throw a grenade to the barrel and admire the explosion. Snow can be very slippery. Plan ahead on this ground. Water comes in two kinds. You can shoot when you are in the water, but only at the dark places. A nice trick is to get your enmies in the ligth water so they cant shoot and you can! This works especially when theres a pier close the the water. In the mountain scene, you musnt stand too close to the edges, you might fall into them. Greets, Acid Queen/DS