Best IWAD maps combined into one episode?

[Mazze]

What combination of maps from original Doom games (Ultimate Doom, Doom 2, Plutonia and TNT) would you pick for your essential "best of" episode?

 

Here's mine below, the aim being to give a taste test of what the 4 games were like at their best while retaining some form of progression and pacing.

 

1. TNT - MAP 01

2. Doom - E1M5

3. Plutonia - MAP02

4. Doom - E2M8 (mini-boss)

5. Doom 2 - MAP11

6. Plutonia - MAP17

7. Doom 2 - MAP29

8. Plutonia - MAP30 (Final level)

9. Doom - E3M9 (Secret level)

[SF.]

1. Congo

2. Caged

3. Neurosphere (mandatory exit to map 9)

4. Speed

5. Twilight

6. Tombstone

7. Antichrist

8. Go 2 it (Boss Map)

9. Hunted (mandatory secret map)

 

Yes, I like Plutonia

Edited March 8, 2021 by paturn

[Mazze]

9 minutes ago, paturn said:

1. Congo

2. Caged

3. Neurosphere (mandatory exit to map 9)

4. Speed

5. Twilight

6. Tombstone

7. Antichrist

8. Go 2 it (Boss Map)

9. Hunted (mandatory secret map)

 

Yes, I like Plutonia

Well, you've certainly got a continuous theme!

[EPICALLL]

Let's get this out of the way before I start: there is no doom ii here because it is far too consistently "slightly above average" for me to really warrant any of them truly good or bad.

 

1. Hangar (DOOM)

2. Wormhole (TNT)

3. Phobos Lab (DOOM)

4. Nukage Processing (TNT)

5. Ghost Town (Plutonia)

6. Shipping/Respawning (TNT)

7. Cyberden (Plutonia)

8. Mount Pain (TNT)

9. Go 2 It (Plutonia)

 

[ChippiHeppu]

1. MAP02 - Underhalls (DOOM II)

2. E1M4 - Command Control (DOOM)

3. E2M2 - Containment Area (DOOM)

4. MAP02 - Human BBQ (TNT)

5. MAP14 - The Inmost Dens (DOOM II)

6. MAP05 - Ghost Town (Plutonia)

7. MAP27 - Mount Pain (TNT)

8. MAP30 - The Gateway of Hell (Plutonia)

9. MAP31 - Pharaoh (TNT)

[xScavengerWolfx]

Hmmmm.....

 

I would have to go with the following:

 

1. E2M2 (DOOM)

 

2. Hunted (Plutonia)

 

3. Dead simple (DOOM 2)

 

4. E2M8 (DOOM)

 

5. Aztec (Plutonia)

 

6. Halls of the damned (DOOM)

 

7. E4M1 (Doom) *Note: the only reason why i like e4m1 is because it's hard and unforgiving.

 

8. Twilight (plutonia)

 

9. Wolfenstein (Doom 2)

 

10. Speed (plutonia)

[Faceman2000]

1) TNT Map01

2) E1M6

3) Doom II Map10

4) Plutonia Map12

5) E4M2

6) Doom II Map27

7) TNT Map28

8) Plutonia Map30

9) Plutonia Map32

[Shepardus]

Continuous player's delight:

1. E4M1

2. E4M1

3. E4M1

4. E4M1

5. E4M1

6. E4M1

7. E4M1

8. E4M1

9. E4M1

[Dweller Dark]

15 minutes ago, Shepardus said:

Continuous player's delight:

1. E4M1

2. E4M1

3. E4M1

4. E4M1

5. E4M1

6. E4M1

7. E4M1

8. E4M1

9. E4M1

 

The Groundhog Day of Doom episodes

[fai1025]

Dm1 E2M2

Dm1 E1M5

Dm2 MAP14

TNT MAP02

Dm2 MAP16

TNT MAP27

PLU MAP03

Dm2 MAP29

(S) Dm1 E4M1

 

just some of my favorite level smash together

[pcorf]

Regular levels

1: Ult Doom E1M1

2: Ult Doom E2M6

3: TNT Map16

4: Plutonia MAP12

5: Doom 2 MAP15 (secret exit to MAP10)

6: Ult Doom E4M2 (secret exit to MAP11)

7: Doom 2 MAP29

8: Plutonia MAP27

9: TNT MAP30

Secret levels

10: TNT MAP31 (super secret exit to MAP12, exit to MAP06)

11: Ult Doom E4M6 (secret level, exit to MAP07)

12: Plutonia MAP32 (super secret level, exit to MAP06)

Edited October 5, 2022 by pcorf

[Egg Boy]

Great thread idea! Here are my picks, I tried to have at least one map from each IWAD. I'm splitting the episode into 3 minisodes because I thought it would be fun :)

 

Techbase Minisode

E?M1: The Gantlet (Doom 2, Map03)

E?M2: Toxin Refinery (Doom 1, E1M3)

E?M3: Dead Zone (TNT, Map15)

Temple Minisode
E?M4: Inmost Dens (Doom 2, Map14)

E?M5: Perfect Hatred (Ultimate Doom, E4M2)
E?M6: Speed (Plutonia, Map12)

Hell Minisode
E?M7: Slough of Despair (Doom 1, E3M2)
E?M8: Antichrist (Plutonia, Map27)

E?M9: Against Thee Wickedly (Ultimate Doom E4M6)

Secreto

E?M10: Habitat (TNT, Map22)

 

Honorable Mentions

Literally every Romero Doom 2 submission

Human BBQ (TNT, Map02)

Genesis (Plutonia, Map14)

Hangar (Doom 1, E1M1)

Entryway (Doom 2, Map01)

Downtown (Doom 2, Map13)

 

Edited October 5, 2022 by Egg Boy

[rzh]

I picked and chose based on map slot and for the secret level I chose between all secret levels. As a result, the difficulty and theme of the episode is all over the place:

 

M1: E4M1

M2: E2M2

M3: Plutonia MAP03

M4: TNT MAP04

M5: E1M5

M6: E3M6

M7: TNT MAP07

M8: Doom 2 MAP08

M9: Plutonia MAP32

 

Edit: screw it, I'm doing E2 and E3 as well, with the rule being that Doom 1 maps have to fill the same slot, but Doom 2/ TNT/ Plutonia maps have to go up, so E2M1 is equivalent to MAP09, since M9 is reserved for secret levels.

 

E2

M1/ MAP10: Doom 2 MAP10

M2/ MAP11: Plutonia MAP11

M3/ MAP12: Plutonia MAP12

M4/ MAP13: TNT MAP13

M5/ MAP14: Doom 2 MAP14

M6/ MAP15: E4M6

M7/ MAP16: E3M7

M8/ MAP17: Plutonia MAP17

M9: TNT MAP31

 

E3

M1/ MAP18: TNT MAP18

M2/ MAP19: E4M2

M3/ MAP20: Plutonia MAP20

M4/ MAP21: E2M4

M5/ MAP22: Plutonia MAP22

M6/ MAP23: E2M6

M7/ MAP24: Doom 2 MAP24

M8/ MAP25: Plutonia again, I guess?

M9: TNT MAP32

 

Bonus mini-episode:

MAP26: Plutonia

MAP27: TNT

MAP28: TNT

MAP29: Plutonia

MAP30: TNT

Edited October 5, 2022 by rzh

[Doomlover77]

Here’s mine. 
1. Doom e1m1

2. Doom2 m1

3. Tnt m1

4. Tnt m31

5. Doom2 m7

6. Plutonia m1

7. Plutonia m2

8. Doom2 m31

9. Doom2 m32

10. Doom e2m1

11. Doom e1m2

12. Doom e1m7

13. Doom2 m31

14. Tnt m31. @Doomlover77  

Edited October 5, 2022 by Doomlover77
More levels added

[Mazze]

On 10/5/2022 at 3:22 PM, Egg Boy said:

Great thread idea!

I've just logged onto Doomworld for the first time in months and was shocked to discover @EPICALLL bumped this thread 18 months after I originally posted it. I must have posted this at the worst time because it gained way more traction the second time around. Glad you liked the idea!

[EPICALLL]

 

2 hours ago, Mazze said:

I've just logged onto Doomworld for the first time in months and was shocked to discover @EPICALLL bumped this thread 18 months after I originally posted it. I must have posted this at the worst time because it gained way more traction the second time around. Glad you liked the idea!

Oh that did happen huh

[Maximum Matt]

1. Hunted

2. Habitat

3. Gate To Limbo

4. Unruly Evil

5. Gauntlet

6. Fortress Of Mystery

7. Baron's Den

8. Nirvana

9. Hunted II

[Mazze]

19 hours ago, Maximum Matt said:

1. Hunted

Damn, that's a rough start.

[enigma101]

1. MAP01 - Doom 2

2. E3M6 - Doom

3. MAP07 - Doom 2

4. MAP23 - Doom 2

5. E1M3 - Doom

6. MAP10 - Doom 2

7. E1M8 - Doom

[pcorf]

EPISODE 1 ULTIMATE DOOM

1 Doom E1M1

2 Doom E1M3 (secret exit to 11)

3 Doom E1M7

4 Doom E2M2

5 Doom E2M6

6 Doom E3M3

7 Doom E3M6 (secret exit to 12)

8 Ult Doom E4M2

9 Ult Doom E4M6

10 Ult Doom E4M8

11 Doom E1M9

12 Doom E3M9

 

EPISODE 2 DOOM 2

13 MAP01

14 MAP04

15 MAP07

16 MAP09

17 MAP11

18 MAP13

19 MAP15 (secret exit to 23)

20 MAP23

21 MAP28

22 MAP30

23 MAP31 (secret exit to 24)

24 MAP32

 

EPISODE 3 FINAL DOOM

25 TNT MAP01

26 TNT MAP06

27 TNT MAP09

28 TNT MAP15 (secret exit to 42)

29 TNT MAP19

30 TNT MAP20

31 TNT MAP28

32 TNT MAP30

33 Plutonia MAP01

34 Plutonia MAP04

35 Plutonia MAP15 (secret exit to 44)

36 Plutonia MAP06

37 Plutonia MAP12

38 Plutonia MAP20

39 Plutonia MAP27

40 Plutonia MAP11

41 Plutonia MAP30

42 TNT MAP31 (secret exit to 43)

43 TNT MAP27

44 Plutonia MAP32