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Originally conceived for the 2008 TIGSource.com ‘Bootleg Demake’ competition, Gang Garrison 2.0 is a free multiplayer ‘demake’ of Valve’s Team Fortress 2 by mrfredman, MedO, and Synnah. With all 9 classes, many different TF2-inspired environments, and fast-paced, team-based, multiplayer gameplay represented, GG2.0 is the premier TF2 tribute/parody/alternative.

Gang Garrison 2 presents the player with 9 unique classes to use in frenetic, cooperative multiplayer action in a stylish and unique 8-bit style. Battle with your friends or others you encounter online through a whole range of vibrant maps; TF2 maps reimagined in 2D as well as a multitude of maps in all sorts of different looks and settings, all of which have been dreamed up and constructed by members of our community. We’ve made a huge effort to provide simple, bugfree custom map support, so that anyone with a paint application can put together a map and test it themselves with our Garrison Builder utility. We also gladly encourage Gang Garrison modifications; many successful mods have been incorporated into the game as new features.

During the first development cycle and the judging of the Bootleg Demake contest, interest in the game began to grow, and as the game’s fanbase grew, we became flooded with complaints that we weren’t adding new features fast enough and things began to get a bit out of hand. We woke up one morning to find that someone had decompiled the game and was modifying it and releasing new versions without our knowledge and permission. We concluded that the best course of action was to release the game as Open Source so that those interested could step forward without consequence and aid us in development. Since then we’ve moved to our own site, acquired some incredibly talented and devoted new developers who have worked hard over the past few months to turn our original bootleg demake prototype into the polished, balanced, and bugfree game that it is today.

If you have played Team Fortress 2, you will certainly like Gang Garrison 2. It’s a “fan” game that recreates every aspect of TF2 but in a 2D 8-bit like environment that will remind you the good ol’ days of the NES. The quality of this fan game is surprising good, considering it is mostly written in GameMaker. The ability of playing online and an active user base only makes GG2 awesome. Drop at their forums to discuss with thousands of other players.

GG2 is a heavily team-based Third person shooter. You choose one class amung others to fight the opposing team. However, you depends on fellow teammates and cannot do everything by yourself. The gameplay of GG2 is very similar to Team Fortress 2, although some aspects of the game are dumbed down. For example, the Constructor may only build one building: the autogun. In TF2, the Engineer can build 3 types of buildings. There are 9 official maps and countless 3rd party maps by the community. The game comes with the ability to set up an dedicated server, that’s something even that COD:MW2 still can’t get right.

Get the game at ganggarrison.com

Secret Tip- Unlock the secret class: Pressing Q at the class selection screen will unlock a secret class (Quote and Curly, characters from Cave Story). It has the ability to shoot bubbles to block bullets as well as throwing the King’s Sword at the enemy.

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