Team Fortress
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| Basic Information | |
| Released: |
International: August 24, 1996 |
| Developer: |
Team Fortress Software |
| Engine: |
Quake engine |
| Genre: |
First person shooter |
| Modes: |
Multiplayer |
| Designer(s): |
Robin Walker, John Cook, Ian Caughley |
| Platforms: |
Windows, Mac OS X |
| Media: |
Download |
| Requirements: |
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Team Fortress is a team- and class-based multiplayer online first person shooter game mod based on id Software's Quake engine. The first iteration of Team Fortress, also known as Quake World Team Fortress (QWTF) or Quake Team Fortress (QTF), was designed and written by Robin Walker, John Cook, and Ian Caughley in 1996. Because of its popularity, it had spawned endless amounts of ports and modifications. Valve took an interest and hired the three creators to work on a standalone port called Team Fortress Classic (TFC), released in 1999, and later a sequel to that title called Team Fortress 2 (TF2), released in 2007.
Gameplay
Team Fortress has a high emphasis on teamwork and cooperation involving two teams (red and blue) with 9 classes on each team. In the case of QWTF and TFC, some maps have an extra two teams (yellow and green), while there is only a red team and a blue team in TF2. The players battle each other to complete an objective. This often involves Capture the Flag, Control Point, Attack/Defend, and Escort modes in QWTF and TFC.
Every iteration of Team Fortress has had these 9 classes:
Most popular maps
Official maps have never been made for this mod, but the community has picked the best custom maps and made an unofficial "map list". Nearly all of the gametypes in the rest of the Team Fortress games have their origins in unofficial QWTF maps. The most popular maps are:
- Bam4
- 2fort4
- Aztec1
- Border1
- Canalzone
- Rock
History of QWTF
- August 24, 1996 - Version 1.0, based on the Quake engine, released with the Scout, Sniper, Soldier, Demolitions Man, and Combat Medic classes.
- August 31, 1996 - Version 1.1 released with the Heavy Weapons Guy and 2Fort classes added.
- December 22, 1996 - Version 2.0, based on the QuakeWorld engine, released.
- January 22, 1997 - Civilian class added.
- April 4, 1997 - TF Software Incorporated formed.
- April 13, 1997 - Version 2.5 released with the Spy and Engineer classes added.
Intro video
The original Team Fortress (version 2.5) introduction video.
External links
- Team Fortress - Wikipedia's Team Fortress article
- Team Fortress Classic - Wikipedia's Team Fortress Classic article
- Planet Fortress
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