This brings back fond memories to the ZONE team, representing as it does a bygone era when solid gameplay meant more than a dazzling array of graphical effects supplied by the latest 3D cards.

The premise behind the game is simple : take control of a group of little men and send them round a variety of landscapes looking for other little men to blow up or shoot in the face. Each member of your team that survives a level is available for the next mission, thus making progress a little easier.

Modern day equivalents to Cannon Fodder are probably the hundred or so real time strategy games around, but none of them can match Cannon Fodder 2's ingenious level design and delightful attention to detail. And you don't need a Pentium II to run it, either. Top budget tip of the month : go out and buy Cannon Fodder 2 and Warcraft for a tenner. Now how cool is that?