All-Time Best Doom Levels

The All-Time Best Doom Levels was a site created by Myles Williams in October 1994, and maintained until March 13, 1997. Since February 1995 it is hosted at DoomGate. It ranked and listed a variety of Doom PWADs via a public voting system, requiring a three-fourths-in-favor result to be accepted. According to Williams, he considered the "best" levels according to their popularity rankings through democratic voting.

The All-Time Best Doom Levels gained notability for being one of the first reviewing sites with a voting system, even if it was only maintained and written by one person.

Styles of levels
Williams created a system of level characterization that helped define and categorize the ranked PWADs. The following styles were proposed:


 * Military: Similar to early Doom levels that make heavy use of brown textures and metal.
 * Tech lab: In line with the style of Knee-Deep in the Dead; space-station-like levels with large amounts of computers and tech, i.e.: a techbase map.
 * Fortress: Medieval-like levels that make consistent use of "natural" textures and stone, like castle maps.
 * Inferno: According to Williams, a blend of the three previous styles, similar to the Hell map theme.
 * Tech temple: Along the lines of The Shores of Hell. A combination of tech lab, fortress, and inferno.
 * City: Urban settings similar to those created by Sandy Petersen, in the vein of city maps.
 * Subterranean: Underground scenarios and cavern-like levels.
 * Aliens: Similar in style to settings of the  film and its larger franchise.
 * Imitative: A catch-all term for realistic maps.

The PWADs list
All levels listed were chosen through voting and curated by Williams.

Doom

 * Aliens TC
 * Aloha999
 * Eternity (WAD)
 * Excalibur
 * Fava Beans
 * Galaxia
 * Ledges series
 * Outpost 21
 * Return to Phobos
 * The Deimos Subway
 * The Unholy Trinity
 * Doomsday of UAC

Doom II

 * ASDOOMII: The Final Countdown
 * Osiris
 * Cleimos 2
 * Desimation
 * Dystopia 3
 * Eternal Doom
 * Icarus: Alien Vanguard
 * Memento Mori
 * Memento Mori II
 * Obituary
 * Raven series
 * 10-Level Wad

Doom II Deathmatch

 * Addictive Deathmatch Series
 * Boothill
 * D9-2-2.WAD
 * DOOM7734
 * The IGOR series and The Danzig series
 * REMORSE
 * URBAN2.WAD
 * The VorTeX Deathmatch Series