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It's true, Quake TeamFortress has had it's hayday, and while there are a few hardcore who still play it exclusivly, people have moved on to either TeamFortress Classic or something else while lying in wait for TeamFortress 2. You can find out a lot about Quake TeamFortress here, if your looking to get a reunion game in, head on over to PlanetFortress' TF File Section to get yourself up to snuff.

The first version of Team Fortress, an add-on for Quake, was released on August 24, 1996. It was originally written because the authors wanted a first-person perspective, team strategy game for LAN competitions. Version 1 .0 only included the Scout, Sniper, Soldier, Demolitions Man and Medic classes and did not support any map entities.

Shortly thereafter version 1.1 of Team Fortress was released, which incorporated the beginnings of TF map support, some playability improvements and the Heavy Weapons Guy. These features were followed by the incorporation of team objectives into the game design and the 2Fort map, perhaps the most copied map design on the Internet..

On the 22nd of December 1996 Version 2.0 was released for Quake World. It was the first released Quake World add-on. At this point, interest in Team Fortress exploded, with over 40% of the Quake community running servers dedicated to Team Fortress within several months.

TF Software incorporated on April 4, 1997 to commercially develop updates and future releases of Team Fortress. TF Software combines the efforts of approximately 20 developers, artists, musicians, modelers, and map makers in Australia, Canada, the US, Germany, and Japan.

Today, Quake has since been left behind and most players have moved on.. John Carmack released the Quake Source Code, but through the efforts and dedication of some players, TeamFortress 1 still lives on. Groups like TF1 AntiCheat have made it so you can still have an enjoyable game of TeamFortress for Quake. -- For TF's 4th Birthday, we had a reunion game with Robin, John and a lot of others from the Community.


Director Bios
  • Robin Walker, Founder and Lead Designer
    Robin attended RMIT University prior to joining NEC where he wrote power station communications software. At RMIT he met John Cook and Ian Caughley and began development of the original Team Fortress. Robin has won three Australian national deathmatch competitions. He is responsible for the design and game DLL in Team Fortress 2.
  • John Cook, Founder and Lead Programmer
    John attended RMIT studying Computer Science prior to co-founding TF Software. He has had a number of network administration and installation jobs to pay the bills while developing Team Fortress. Software he developed is being used on Toshiba shoproom floors. John is the lead programmer for Team Fortress 2.
  • Ian Caughley, Founder and Managing Director
    Ian attended RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia where he received degrees in Aerospace engineering and Computer Science. In addition to running the business side of TF Software, he has designed many of the visual elements in Team Fortress 2. His most ignominious achievement was declaring the Australian GA-8 aircraft aeroelastically sound two months before the prototype plowed into the turf.

    Classes

  • Scout
    Very fast, low armor, carries scanner.
    Armed with a single-barrel shotgun, and the nailgun.
    Carries 2 flash and 3 concussion grenades.
    Can detect spies and disarm detpacks.
    Class Link: Scout Guild
  • Sniper
    Moves at a medium speed, and wears as little armor as the Scout.
    Armed with nailgun, and Sniper Rifle.
    Carries 2 hand grenade and 3 flares.
    Class Link: The Grassy Knoll
  • Soldier
    Slower than most classes, but makes up for it with the weaponry and armor.
    Armed with shotguns and a rocket launcher.
    Carries 4 normal and 1 nail grenade.
  • Demolitions Man
    Medium speed. Wears medium amount of armor, up to medium absorption level.
    Uses the Shotgun and Grenade/Pipebomb Launcher.
    Carries 1 DetPack, 6 grenades, 4 Mirv Grenades.
    Class Link: Det5
  • Combat Medic
    Medium speed. Wears medium amount of armor, up to medium absorption level.
    Uses both Shotguns, Super Nailgun and the Bio Weapon.
    Carries Medikit, 3 grenades, 2 concussion grenades.
    Regenerates slowly. Class Link: The Clinic
  • Heavy Weapons Guy
    Slow speed. Starts with heavy armor.
    Armed with shotguns and an Assault cannon.
    Carries 4 normal grenades and a mirv grenade.
  • Pyro
    Medium speed. Start with fire retardant armor.
    Armed with a shotgun, flamethrower and incendiary cannon.
    Carries 2 normal grenades and 4 Napalm Grenades.
  • Spy
    Medium speed, fairly lightly armored.
    Armed with knife, a tranquilizer gun, the super shotgun, and the nailgun.
    Carries 2 normal and 2 hallucinogenic grenades.
    Can disguise himself as a member of other teams and feign death.
    Class Link: The Spy academy
  • Engineer
    Medium speed, fairly lightly armored.
    Armed with a spanner, a railgun, and the super shotgun.
    Carries 2 normal and 2 EMP grenades.
    Can build sentry guns and dispensers and can repair armor.
    Class Link: Engineering 101
    Class Link: Engineer Alliance

  • Documentations
    All of these documents are in the TeamFortress download files.

    The Readme file has a ton of info. You should not play TeamFortress without reading this!
    The Normal Quake and QuakeWorld server files tell you all you need to know on how to set up and run a TeamFortress server.
    The Version History file documents every change ever made to Team Fortress since it's initial release (TeamFortress v1.0) on August 24, 1996.


    Links
    These links are to homepages that will help you out if you are a newbie and need some help.

    PlanetFortress - Anything and everything that has to do with TeamFortress!
    TeamFortress - Offical Site Nothing better than the official site, eh?
    TF1 AntiCheat Project - Keeping TeamFortress still fun to play! Even with the Quake Source Code Release.
    PlanetFortress Links Page - Lots and lots of TeamFortress related links!
    PlanetFortress Forums - TeamFortress forums as well as an editing forum!
    Rook's TF Strategy Guide - Tons of info on strategy in TeamFortress!

    Utilities
    Speedstats - Quake console log parser!


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