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Heavy Cannon Development Background Heavy Cannon is another arcade game that was developed especially for San Francisco based internet games company Pogo.com (now acquired Electronic Arts). Heavy Cannon was built from the ground up to Pogo.com's specification, and was designed as an addition to their suite of web based classic arcade games. Game Instructions Advertisement Your mission is to repel the mutant invasion from above. You command the human's last line of defense, the experimental Heavy Cannon. You must destroy all hostile aircraft and paratroopers, while defending your gun from incoming bombs and cruise missiles. It is imperative that you destroy the mutant paratroopers before they hit the ground. If four mutants land near your outpost (on either side), they can mount a lethal ground assault against your cannon. The controls for Heavy Cannon are very simple indeed, use your arrow keys to control the aiming angle of your turret(left and right movement), and use the [Space Bar] to fire. Conserve your ammo. HQ will sporadically send a (red) cargo plane to airdrop ammo and power-ups for your cannon. You must avoid shooting down the cargo planes; they're trying to give you ammo! Cargo planes drop the following types of ammo:   Gravity Shells These shells will arc up and then fall back down to earth in a gentle curve. Their advantage is that they can be used to destroy troopers who are on the ground and normally not hittable. Rapid Fire Shells These shells fire more rapidly than the player's normal gun, but otherwise behave similarly. Armor Piercing Shells These shells go right through any target until they go off the edge of the screen, destroying anything they hit. Guided Shells These shells can be controlled after firing. They follow the motion of the player's turret, moving left or right as the turret turns. Spray Shells These shells cause three shots to fire in a small arc around the gun's trajectory every time a shot is normally fired. Heavy Cannon This super-power up combines the effects of the rapid-fire, armor piercing, guided and spray shells, resulting in major mayhem and total mutant carnage.  Tips and Hints Don't allow 4 paratroopers to land on either side of you gun emplacement, or your game will be over at the end of the current level. Shooting the parachutes off of the airborne enemy paratroopers will send them plummeting to the ground, destroying them on impact. They will also destroy any enemy troops that they happen to land on (on the ground), and so this is an effective way of eleminating enemy troops who have successfully landed on the ground (who pose a definite threat to your gun emplacement). Some bombs and missiles may miss your gun emplacement, and explode harmlessly on the ground. They will also destroy any enemy ground troops they hit. If you can judge which bombs and missiles are going to miss your gun, and allow them to impact on the ground without shooting them, they may clear up some enemy ground troops for you. Be sure to allow the friendly (bright red) cargo planes to drop their ammo onto yor gun emplacement, as this can be vital to your survival. Check your fire, as friendly cargo planes, and dropped cargo boxes, can be destroyed by your gun fire.   Click Below to Play :    Play Heavy Canon Copyright (c) 2003 Ben Librojo and Pogo.com. All Rights Reserved.