When did Capture the Flag become popular?

All Discussions > Steam Forums > Off Topic > Topic Details

Amsel :D (Banned) Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:21am

What game popularized the capture the flag gamemode?

< >

Showing 1-15 of 16 comments

. Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:25am

halo, or call of duty

Spawn of Totoro Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:30am

Unreal Tournament was the first popular one that I recall.

Degi-Degi Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:30am

Quakeworld TF, IIRC.

Last edited by Degi-Degi; Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:32am

Coors Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:31am

According to wiki:

CTF was popularized when it was first introduced as a modification to Quake by the company Threewave.

Spiffer Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:31am

According to Wikipedia, the first game to have CTF elements was "Bannercatch"

"In 1984, Scholastic published Bannercatch for the Apple II and Commodore computers. An "edutainment" game with recognizable capture-the-flag mechanics, Bannercatch allowed up to two humans (each alternating between two characters in the game world) to play capture the flag against an increasingly difficult team of four AI bots. Bannercatch's game world was divided into quadrants: home, enemy, and two "no-mans land" areas which held the jails. A successful capture required bringing the enemy flag into one team's "home" quadrant. Players could be captured when in an enemy territory, or in "no-mans land" while holding a flag. Captured players had to be "rescued" from their designated jail by one of the other members of the team. Fallen flags remained where they dropped until a time-out period elapsed, after which the flag would return to one of several starting locations in home territory. The 2D map also featured walls, trees and a moving river (enabling a wide variety of strategies). Special locations in the play area allowed humans to query the game state (such as flag status) status using binary messages."

The first FPS to have it was "Rise of the Triad".

It became popular when a CTF gamemode mod was released for Quake.

Google works wonders man.

Last edited by Spiffer; Aug 28, 2015 @ 9:32am

僕の名前 (仮) Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:00am

In UT99, it's the most popular mode (and probably still is), but in UT2004, UT3 not as many people play it. Hopefully more people will play it in UT4.

Last edited by 僕の名前 (仮); Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:01am

Charlie Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:30am

Honestly probably COD, it was quite popular back in 09/10, XBL on MW2

Last edited by Charlie; Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:30am

Spiffer Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:34am

Originally posted by GhostMotley:
Honestly probably COD, it was quite popular back in 09/10, XBL on MW2

Do you seriously think that CTF has only been popular since '09?

Charlie Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:36am

Originally posted by Suspicious Disco Ball:
Do you seriously think that CTF has only been popular since '09?

Depends on what you consider Popular, I'm not saying it was first introduced or 'heavily' played in MW2 but it was certainly a very popular game mode and since 09/10 it has been more present/popular in other games.

soundworld Aug 28, 2015 @ 10:47am

Your thread just reminded me of this game from my childhood (ah shareware, thanks for the memories):

http://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Capture_the_Flag.html

#10

supertrooper225 Aug 28, 2015 @ 11:17am

Unreal Tournament was probably one of the first big CTF games.

No, it was not COD.

CTF has been going on way longer than COD.

#11

僕の名前 (仮) Aug 28, 2015 @ 11:18am

EPICs want to popularize CTF again it seems and they making it closer to style of old UT99, because it was most successful here out of all UTs.

I would personally like to see it's comeback because modern gamers don't even know joy of Capture the Flag (and no, in TF2 ctf mode sucks)

Last edited by 僕の名前 (仮); Aug 28, 2015 @ 11:19am

#12