History VideoGame / TeamFortressClassic

''Team Fortress Classic'' is a 1999 multiplayer FirstPersonShooter by Creator/ValveSoftware. It's an official, improved port of the original ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' mod, dubbed ''VideoGame/{{Team Fortress|1}}'', and was released to ease the wait between it and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', its soon-to-be-released sequel (which, considering [[Memes/ValveCorporation Valve Time]], [[ScheduleSlip was naturally released eight years later]]), and was often packaged with ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', which it is a modification of. It was also free on the disc for anyone who owned the original WON version of ''Half-Life.''

* OffModel: The HEV Suit arms don't fit any of the class models, and the first-person weapon models have many inconsistencies with the third-person ones. The Sniper Rifle and Auto Rifle also share the same model, as do the Rocket Launcher and Incendiary Cannon.

''Team Fortress Classic'' is a 1999 multiplayer FirstPersonShooter by Creator/ValveSoftware. It's an official, improved port of the original ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' mod, dubbed ''VideoGame/{{Team Fortress|1}}''. It was released to ease the wait between it and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', its soon-to-be-released sequel (which, considering [[Memes/ValveSoftware Valve Time]], [[ScheduleSlip naturally was released eight years later]]), and was often packaged with ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', which it is a modification of. It was also free on the disc for anyone who owned the original WON version of ''Half-Life.''

''Team Fortress Classic'' is a 1999 multiplayer FirstPersonShooter by Creator/ValveSoftware. It's an official, improved port of the original ''VideoGame/{{Quake|I}}'' mod, dubbed ''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress1 Team Fortress]]''. It was released to ease the wait between it and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', its soon-to-be-released sequel (which, considering [[Memes/ValveSoftware Valve Time]], [[ScheduleSlip naturally was released eight years later]]), and was often packaged with ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', which it is a modification of. It was also free on the disc for anyone who owned the original WON version of ''Half-Life.''

* AnnouncerChatter: A formerly common server-side mod would make the game announce a "KILLING SPREE!!!", a "M-m-m-m-monster kill!!!", a "Headshot!", or a "HUMILIATION!!!" (knife, crowbar, med-kit, or wrench kill), taken from Quake and Unreal Tournament.
* AscendedGlitch: Players love to Bunnyhop, strafe jump, and RocketJump, all of which were regarded to be glitches in the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress1 original Team Fortress]] and its parent game, VideoGame/{{Quake I}}.
** The Spy class originated from a glitch in the original Team Fortress that had players sometimes spawn with the wrong team colors.

* BoomHeadshot: The original Team Fortress was the UrExample for [[FirstPersonShooter FPSs]] and it is implemented here as well.

* CherryTapping: On some servers, killing someone with a melee weapon would play the VideoGame/{{Quake III Arena}} humiliation sound clip.

* GameMod: The game is one to [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 Half-Life]] and the sequel to the original VideoGame/{{Quake}} mod. Team Fortress Classic later received its own GameMod in the form of NeoTF, a side-server plug-in mod that takes the insanity up to eleven by giving all classes new abilities.[[note]]Snipers can throw Flash Grenades, build anti-rocket shields and laser rope ladders, and control guided rockets; Pyros can perform a DoubleJump with a jetpack and use a FreezeRay; Scouts can use a radar to detect nearby players and buildings, teleport back to a placed disc, and turn invisible to Sentry Guns for a brief period of time; Spies can eavesdrop on a enemy team's private chat, fly around on a hoverboard, provide all nearby allies with a partial cloak, and ''[[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill call in airstrikes]]''; Soldiers can summon in remote-controlled helicopters to blow everything into smithereens and can also build Surface-To-Air Missile Launchers to counter a enemy Soldier's remote chopper as well as tripmines; Medics can detect nearby infected allies, build Anti-Grenade Pods (actually just a recycled Hivehand prop) that heal allies, and can permanently upgrade a Dispenser to make it heal allies, as well as throwing Snarks to serve as a distraction; Demomen can throw Landmines, Sensormines and Razor Discs; Heavies can grant nearby allies a armor buff, get a powerup on a killstreak or with enough cells, and build mortars and pilotable airpods; and Engineers can build Bounce Pads and Multi-Guns, which are initially inert but upgrade into a specific turret when a teammate touches it (Soldiers make it into a Rocket Turret, Pyros make it into a Flame Turret, Medics make it into a Plague Gun that can even infect enemy Medics, Snipers make it into a Laser-Guided Missile Launcher, Scouts make it into a Displacer Gun that teleports enemies to a random location for a period of time, Demomen make it into a super-powered GrenadeLauncher, Spies make it into a electrifying Tesla Coil, and Heavies make it into a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] ''explosive crowbar shooter''.[[/note]]

* KillItWithFire: The Pyro, who has a bit more fire to play with compared to her Team Fortress 2 counterpart. The flamethrower behaves differently than ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' flamethrowers, as the fire blast doesn't "turn" as fast, and is [[VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck pathetically weak]]. The Napalm Cannon is an [=AoE=]-based Flare Gun/Rocket Launcher combo that has more ammo that launches specialised rockets that are much weaker but set enemies on fire and have a larger explosion radius, as well as completely bypassing armor on direct hit.

* KillStreak: Some servers will use the Unreal Tournament's kill streak sounds.
* LaserSight: The SniperRifle uses this, in place of crosshairs. Comes in the form of CrosshairAware--if one dances over your vision, you will explode into a pile of giblets, unless you move. Fast. Just like in Team Fortress 2 ([[TruthInTelevision and real life]]), the laser itself is invisible--all that can be seen is the dot of light on walls, or unfortunate teammates.

* RealIsBrown: Downplayed. While the game does reuse the visuals from Half-Life, which mostly played this trope straight, it does often feature maps with much more bright colours and more vibrant outdoor locations.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Pyro's visor is red, regardless of team colour. Shortly following seeing it, you are usually set on fire.

* ShoutOut: Capturing the enemy's flag results in a ScareChord from StarWars.
** Some maps have the logo of [[VideoGame/HalfLife Black Mesa]] on walls and crates, and the map [[EscortMission Hunted]] is a part of a level in the original Half-Life.
** Rock 2's shower and nerve gas are a shout out to the [[Film/TheRock The Rock]].

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill

* ClassicVideoGameScrewYous:
** BottomlessPits: Many maps.
** EscortMission: Protecting the Civilian.
*** Notably, one of you actually has to play as the Civilian, a tenth class that is armed with nothing but an umbrella and has really low health.
** OneHitKill: Several, including a fully-charged sniper rifle headshot, a knife backstab, and the EMP grenades.
** TimedMission

* GameMod: The game is one to [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 Half-Life]] and the sequel to the original VideoGame/{{Quake}} mod. Team Fortress Classic later received its own GameMod in the form of NeoTF, a side-server plug-in mod that takes the insanity UpToEleven by giving all classes new abilities.[[note]]Snipers can throw Flash Grenades, build anti-rocket shields and laser rope ladders, and control guided rockets; Pyros can perform a DoubleJump with a jetpack and use a FreezeRay; Scouts can use a radar to detect nearby players and buildings, teleport back to a placed disc, and turn invisible to Sentry Guns for a brief period of time; Spies can eavesdrop on a enemy team's private chat, fly around on a hoverboard, provide all nearby allies with a partial cloak, and ''[[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill call in airstrikes]]''; Soldiers can summon in remote-controlled helicopters to blow everything into smithereens and can also build Surface-To-Air Missile Launchers to counter a enemy Soldier's remote chopper as well as tripmines; Medics can detect nearby infected allies, build Anti-Grenade Pods (actually just a recycled Hivehand prop) that heal allies, and can permanently upgrade a Dispenser to make it heal allies, as well as throwing Snarks to serve as a distraction; Demomen can throw Landmines, Sensormines and Razor Discs; Heavies can grant nearby allies a armor buff, get a powerup on a killstreak or with enough cells, and build mortars and pilotable airpods; and Engineers can build Bounce Pads and Multi-Guns, which are initially inert but upgrade into a specific turret when a teammate touches it (Soldiers make it into a Rocket Turret, Pyros make it into a Flame Turret, Medics make it into a Plague Gun that can even infect enemy Medics, Snipers make it into a Laser-Guided Missile Launcher, Scouts make it into a Displacer Gun that teleports enemies to a random location for a period of time, Demomen make it into a super-powered GrenadeLauncher, Spies make it into a electrifying Tesla Coil, and Heavies make it into a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] ''explosive crowbar shooter''.[[/note]]

''Team Fortress Classic'' is a 1999 multiplayer FirstPersonShooter by Creator/ValveSoftware. It's an official, improved port of the original ''VideoGame/{{Quake|I}}'' mod dubbed ''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress1 Team Fortress]]''. It was released to ease the wait between it and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', its soon-to-be-released sequel (which, considering [[Memes/ValveSoftware Valve Time]], [[ScheduleSlip naturally was released eight years later]]), and was often packaged with ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', which it is a modification of. It was also free on the disc for anyone who owned the original WON version of ''Half-Life.''

* GameMod: The game is one to [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 Half-Life]] and the sequel to the original VideoGame/{{Quake}} mod. Team Fortress Classic later received its own GameMod in the form of NeoTF, a side-server plug-in mod that takes the insanity UpToEleven by giving all classes new abilities [[note]]Snipers can throw Flash Grenades, build anti-rocket shields and laser rope ladders, and control guided rockets; Pyros can perform a DoubleJump with a jetpack and use a FreezeRay; Scouts can use a radar to detect nearby players and buildings, teleport back to a placed disc, and turn invisible to Sentry Guns for a brief period of time; Spies can eavesdrop on a enemy team's private chat, fly around on a hoverboard, provide all nearby allies with a partial cloak, and ''[[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill call in airstrikes]]''; Soldiers can summon in remote-controlled helicopters to blow everything into smithereens and can also build Surface-To-Air Missile Launchers to counter a enemy Soldier's remote chopper as well as tripmines; Medics can detect nearby infected allies, build Anti-Grenade Pods (actually just a recycled Hivehand prop) that heal allies, and can permanently upgrade a Dispenser to make it heal allies, as well as throwing Snarks to serve as a distraction; Demomen can throw Landmines, Sensormines and Razor Discs; Heavies can grant nearby allies a armor buff, get a powerup on a killstreak or with enough cells, and build mortars and pilotable airpods; and Engineers can build Bounce Pads and Multi-Guns, which are initially inert but upgrade into a specific turret when a teammate touches it (Soldiers make it into a Rocket Turret, Pyros make it into a Flame Turret, Medics make it into a Plague Gun that can even infect enemy Medics, Snipers make it into a Laser-Guided Missile Launcher, Scouts make it into a Displacer Gun that teleports enemies to a random location for a period of time, Demomen make it into a super-powered GrenadeLauncher, Spies make it into a electrifying Tesla Coil, and Heavies make it into a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] ''explosive crowbar shooter''[[/note]].

''Team Fortress Classic'' is a 1999 multiplayer FirstPersonShooter by Creator/ValveSoftware. It's an official, improved port of the original ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' mod dubbed ''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress1 Team Fortress]]''. It was released to ease the wait between it and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', its soon-to-be-released sequel (which, considering [[Memes/ValveSoftware Valve Time]], [[ScheduleSlip naturally was released eight years later]]), and was often packaged with ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', which it is a modification of. It was also free on the disc for anyone who owned the original WON version of ''Half-Life.''

''Team Fortress Classic'' is a 1999 multiplayer FirstPersonShooter by Creator/ValveSoftware. It's an official, improved port of [[VideoGame/TeamFortress1 Team Fortress]], a ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' mod, released to ease the wait between it and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', its soon-to-be-released sequel (which, considering [[Memes/ValveSoftware Valve Time]], [[ScheduleSlip naturally was released eight years later]]), and was often packaged with ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'', which it is a modification of. It was also free on the disc for anyone who owned the original WON version of ''Half-Life.''

* HyperspaceArsenal: Not as much as most First Person Shooters, but still an example. The Soldier, for example, carries a [[{{BFG}} Rocket Launcher]], [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter two different shotguns]], [[ThrowDownTheBomblet frag grenades, nail grenades,]] ''tons'' of ammo for all the above, [[EmergencyWeapon and a crowbar.]] Even the fast and light Scout carries two types of grenades, a submachine gun, a small shotgun, and a crowbar. Averted only by the Civilian.
* KillItWithFire: The Pyro, who has a bit more fire to play with compared to her Team Fortress 2 counterpart. The flamethrower behaves differently than ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' flamethrowers, as the fire blast doesn't "turn" as fast, and is [[VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck pathetically weak]]. The Napalm Cannon is an [=AoE=]-based Flare Gun/Rocket Launcher combo that has more ammo than the rocket launcher or the flare gun, but its projectiles and reload time are far slower.

* NailEm: The Scout, Sniper and Spy each have nailguns. The Medic has the Super Nailgun, which fires 2 nails at once, but deals more damage.
* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: The engine and mechanics, plus the majority of the sounds, weapon models, animations, objects, and textures, are taken directly from ''VideoGame/HalfLife1''.[[note]]Even "new" weapons like the tranquilizer gun, knife, and single shotgun use the appearances and animations of slightly retextured or cut ''Half-Life'' weapons.[[/note]] The Engineer, Spy, and Demoman classes have the most additions in terms of added equipment and mechanics.
* OffModel: The HEV Suit arms don't fit any of the class models, and the first-person weapon models have many inconsistencies with the third-person ones

* PlayingPossum: One of the spy's abilities.

* RayGun: The engineer's rail gun, an otherwise worthless emergency weapon.
* RealIsBrown: Played Straight in the original Quake Mod, but subverted here.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The pyro's visor is red, regardless of team color. Shortly following seeing it, you are set on fire.
* RespawnPoint: Mainly in specific rooms or points,depending on the map.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The Super Shotgun sure as hell is. It makes a very good sidearm for the Soldier, Heavy, and Spy due to its [[JackOfAllStats decent accuracy, good damage, average capacity, and plentiful ammo.]]
** The single-barrel shotgun on the other hand, has very little damage output and is pretty much next to useless on every class except for Scouts.

* SniperDuel: a major problem with people who play Sniper is that they start focusing on gibbing each other to the exclusion of all else--such as, say, winning the mission. This can be exacerbated by bog-standard level design (looking at you, 2Fort) with only one place for Snipers to even hang out. In the end, a lot of servers just limited how many people could play Sniper at one time.
** Except for servers who hosted exclusive Sniper Duel maps.

* SuspiciouslyCrackedWall: An easy sign of where to place a detpack for a new entrance.