Open Fodder
PC port of Cannon Fodder
- ReimplementationPort Type
- Robert CrossfieldDeveloper
- 26 Oct 2026Page Updated
Details
- Developer
- Robert Crossfield
- Port Type
- ReimplementationThe game was rebuilt in new code that plays like the original and loads its data from your own copy.
- Game
- Cannon Fodder
- AI Use
- Not statedThe developers haven't said whether they used AI.
- Source Code
- GitHub
- Page Updated
Platform Support
- Windows
- Linux
- macOS
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Overview
Open Fodder is an open-source game engine for Cannon Fodder, Sensible Software’s 1993 action strategy game in which a small squad of soldiers is steered through jungle, desert and arctic missions with the mouse. It plays the retail releases of Cannon Fodder and Cannon Fodder 2 from the PC CD and Amiga versions, along with six Amiga magazine cover-disk demos and a PC demo.
On top of the original campaigns it adds random map generation, scripted with a built-in JavaScript interpreter, a map editor, and options for the PC or Amiga look. Demos can be recorded and played back.
Because its installer includes data from the magazine demos, the downloads are not mirrored here: get them from the project’s GitHub releases page.
How to Set It Up
- Download
OpenFodder-Installer.exefrom the project’s GitHub releases page and run it. - To play the full game, copy the data of your Cannon Fodder or Cannon Fodder 2 release into the matching folder under Open Fodder’s
Datafolder, as described in its readme. - Start Open Fodder and pick the version and campaign to play.
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Get Open Fodder on GitHub
Download Open Fodder from its GitHub releases page. Its installer includes demo data from Sensible Software's magazine demos, so it isn't mirrored here. Downloading it there supports the developer.
