Team Fortress
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| Basic Information | |
| Released: |
International: August 24, 1996 |
| Developer: |
Team Fortress Software |
| Engine: |
Quake engine, QuakeWorld 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 (TF) 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 QuakeWorld 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. A sequel, Team Fortress 2 (TF2), was developed by Valve and released in 2007.
To this day, some people still participate in Team Fortress. The most active communities run server-side mods like CustomTF or MegaTF. Team Fortress has also spawned many other games replicating its formula like Quake III Fortress, Enemy Territory Fortress, and many more.
Note: Team Fortress is also the name of the overall series of games.
Gameplay
Team Fortress has a high emphasis on teamwork and cooperation involving two teams (red and blue) with nine classes on each team. Some maps have an extra two teams (yellow and green); later games such as Team Fortress 2 only include a red and a blue team. The players battle each other to complete objectives in game modes such as Capture the Flag, Control Point, Attack/Defend, and Escort.
Every version of Team Fortress has these nine classes available to each team:
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 series of games have their origins in unofficial Team Fortress maps. The most popular maps are:
- Bam4
- 2fort4
- Aztec1
- Border1
- Canalzone
- Rock
History of Team Fortress
- 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 class and 2Fort map added.
- December 22, 1996 - Version 2.0, based on the QuakeWorld engine, released.
- January 22, 1997 - Civilian class added.
- April 4, 1997 - Team Fortress 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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