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Team Fortress Basic Information Developer: Team Fortress Software Engine: Quake Engine, QuakeWorld Engine Designer(s): Robin Walker, John Cook, Ian Caughley Released: International: August 24, 1996 Modes: Multiplayer Genre: First-person shooter Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Media: Download Requirements: Quake, QuakeWorld

Minimum: 800 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM,

32 MB video or more,

Windows 2000/XP, Internet connection

Team Fortress (TF) is a team- and class-based multiplayer online first-person shooter video game mod based on id Software's Quake Engine, and later QuakeWorld Engine. Team Fortress, also known as Quake Team Fortress (QTF), and later QuakeWorld Team Fortress (QWTF), was designed and written by Robin "Bro" Walker, John "Jojie" Cook, and Ian "Scuba" Caughley in 1996. Because of its popularity, it has spawned an endless amount of mods for not only Team Fortress, but other games as well. Valve took an interest in the Team Fortress Software organization and hired the three creators to work on a Team Fortress Half-Life mod, and later a standalone version called Team Fortress Classic (TFC), released in 1999. A standalone sequel to Team Fortress Classic, Team Fortress 2 (TF2), was developed by Valve and released in 2007.

To this day, some people still participate in Team Fortress servers. Team Fortress has also spawned many mods replicating its formula for other games, such as Quake III Fortress, Enemy Territory Fortress, etc.

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 in the series, such as Team Fortress 2, only include a red team and a blue team. The players battle each other to complete objectives in game modes like Attack/Defend and Capture the Flag.

Team Fortress has these ten 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 gamemodes in the rest of the Team Fortress series of games have their origins in unofficial Team Fortress maps. The most popular maps are:

2Fort5

Aztec1

Bam4

Border1

Canalzone

Rock

Well6

Lasting maps

When Valve hired the developers of Team Fortress to work on Team Fortress Classic, the developers recreated a few of the maps that were made for the original Team Fortress mod. Specifically, they recreated 2Fort and Well. These maps eventually were remade for Team Fortress 2.

Versions

Quake 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.

- 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 2fort5 map added.

- Version 1.1 released with the Heavy Weapons Guy class and 2fort5 map added. September 11, 1996 – Version 1.2 released with the Random class added.

– Version 1.2 released with the Random class added. September 17, 1996 - Version 1.21 released

- Version 1.21 released October 31, 1996 – Version 1.3 released with the Pyromaniac class added.

– Version 1.3 released with the Pyromaniac class added. November 4, 1996 – Version 1.31 released

– Version 1.31 released November 10, 1996 – Version 1.32 released

– Version 1.32 released November 11, 1996 – Version 1.33 released

QuakeWorld Team Fortress:

December 22, 1996 - Version 2.0 (Beta), based on the QuakeWorld Engine, released.

- Version 2.0 (Beta), based on the QuakeWorld Engine, released. January 22, 1997 - Version 2.1 released with the Civilian class added.

- Version 2.1 released with the Civilian class added. January 27, 1997 - Version 2.11 released

- Version 2.11 released February 4, 1997 - Version 2.12 released

- Version 2.12 released February 17, 1997 - Version 2.13 released

- Version 2.13 released April 4, 1997 - Team Fortress Software formed.

- Team Fortress Software formed. April 12, 1997 - Version 2.14 released

- Version 2.14 released April 12, 1997 - Version 2.15 released, which is same as 2.14, but using QuakeWorld 1.5

- Version 2.15 released, which is same as 2.14, but using QuakeWorld 1.5 June 13, 1997 - Version 2.5 released with the Spy and Engineer classes added.

- Version 2.5 released with the Spy and Engineer classes added. July 22, 1997 - Version 2.6 released

- Version 2.6 released December 16, 1997 - Version 2.666 released

- Version 2.666 released January 29, 1998 - Version 2.7 released

- Version 2.7 released May 21, 1998 – Version 2.9 released.

Intro video

The Team Fortress (version 2.6) introduction video.