Cannonballs are a type of item pickup that serves as ammunition for the SBC Cannon.
Overview[]
Cannonballs supply the cannon with ammo. The amount of ammo in each box of cannonballs depends on the game and (in some cases) the difficulty level. In most of its appearances, each pile gives the player 4 cannonballs. In Serious Sam Advance, each pile supplies 5, while in Serious Sam 2, it is 8.
Appearances[]
Cannonballs are a fairly rare type of ammunition, given the cannon's tremendous firepower. In its appearances, they usually appear in the later levels and soon after the player acquires the cannon. Occasionally, they can be found in secrets before the player normally acquires the cannon. This can be useful to the player before a boss fight begins.
Behind the scenes[]
- During the pre-release builds of Serious Sam: The First Encounter, there was an alternate ammo for the cannon called the nukeball. According to its code, it would essentially be a more powerful version of the regular cannonball fired by the cannon. Since regular cannonballs are already very powerful when fully charged, it was probably removed for balancing purposes.
- The nukeball's texture is in the final game's files and is an alternate skin for the regular cannonball model. Although in Test 1 it was supposed to be the regular cannon ammo and the cannon's ammo icon was supposed to be like the model (not one cannonball), there were supposed to be 3 cannonballs on the ammo HUD icon.
- The cannonballs' model appears in Test 1 and Test 2, but cannot be picked up in-game. Both test cannonball models are the same as the final's.
Trivia[]
- According to Rich Knuckles, Sam holds the cannonballs in his pockets.
Gallery[]
Serious Sam 1[]
Pre-release[]
Retail[]
Serious Sam Advance[]
Serious Sam 2[]
Serious Sam 3: BFE[]
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour[]
Serious Sam 4[]
List of appearances[]
- Serious Sam: The First Encounter (First appearance)
- Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
- Serious Sam: Xbox (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam: Next Encounter (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam Advance (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam 2 (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
- Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
- Serious Sam 3: BFE
- Serious Sam: The Random Encounter (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam's Bogus Detour (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam Classics: Revolution (non-canonical appearance)
- Serious Sam 4
- Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
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