Top 100 WADs of All Time

The Top 100 WADs of All Time article suite was created by Andrew "Linguica" Stine and Mike "Cyb" Watson for Doomworld's celebration of Doom's 10th birthday. It listed the top 10 WADs (in the opinion of Linguica and Cyb) released in each year from 1994 to 2003.

1994

 * 1) Crossing Acheron - John "Dr. Sleep" Anderson
 * 2) Aliens TC - Justin Fisher
 * 3) Doomsday of UAC - Leo Martin Lim
 * 4) Galaxia - Pavel Hodek
 * 5) Serenity - Bjorn Hermans and Holger Nathrath
 * 6) Eternity - Bjorn Hermans and Holger Nathrath
 * 7) Trinity College - Steve McCrea, Simon Wall, & Elias Papavassilopoulos
 * 8) Return to Phobos - Michael Kelsey
 * 9) Slaughter Until Death - The Innocent Crew
 * 10) The Evil Unleashed - The Innocent Crew

1995

 * 1) Fava Beans - Sean Birkel
 * 2) Infinity - Bjorn Hermans and Holger Nathrath
 * 3) Boothill and Fistful of Doom - Various
 * 4) H2H-Xmas - Various
 * 5) Gather2 - Daniel "Stormin" Norman
 * 6) Artifact - Paul Schmitz
 * 7) Nostromo's Run - Rich "Nostromo" Johnston
 * 8) Obituary - The Innocent Crew
 * 9) Enigma - Jim Flynn
 * 10) Dwango5 - Various

1996

 * 1) Memento Mori - Many
 * 2) Memento Mori 2 - Various
 * 3) Dystopia 3 - Anthony "Adelusion" Czerwonka and Iikka Keränen
 * 4) All Hell is Breaking Loose - Joel Huenink
 * 5) AOD-DOOM - Various
 * 6) Icarus: Alien Vanguard - TeamTNT
 * 7) Polygon Base - Rick Lipsey
 * 8) 99 Ways to Die - Warren Marshall
 * 9) Trooper's Playground - Matthias Worch
 * 10) Hidden Mountain Factory - Grzegorz Werner

1997

 * 1) Requiem - Various
 * 2) Eternal Doom - TeamTNT
 * 3) GothicDM - Many
 * 4) STRAIN - Alpha Dog Alliance
 * 5) Mordeth - Gaston "Mordeth" Lahaut
 * 6) Talosian Incident - The Black Star Coven
 * 7) Dawn of the Dead - Jan Van der Veken
 * 8) Hell Revealed - Yonatan Donner and Haggay Niv
 * 9) Hell's Eventide - Marty Ihlen, Travers "Hobbes" Dunne and Rick Clark
 * 10) Chord_ng - Malcolm Sailor

1998

 * 1) GothicDM2 - Many
 * 2) Cyberdreams - Prèsage (Gonzalo Pèrez de la Ossa and Albert Valls)
 * 3) Phobos - Roger Ritenour
 * 4) Earth - Roger Ritenour
 * 5) Venom - Ola "citrus" Björling
 * 6) Tantrum 2 - Ola "citrus" Björling
 * 7) Dickie 10 - Richard Wiles
 * 8) Run Buddy - Michael Krause
 * 9) Odessa 14 - Bob Evans
 * 10) Crestfallen - Martin "[cocoon]" Friberg

1999

 * 1) Batman Doom - ACE Team
 * 2) The Darkening - Various
 * 3) KZDoom1 - Kurt Kesler - ZDoom-compatible
 * 4) Crusades - Richard Wiles
 * 5) ChordG - Malcolm Sailor
 * 6) Jägermörder - Derek "Afterglow" MacDonald - Boom-compatible
 * 7) Twilight Warrior - Black Shadow Software - Limit removing
 * 8) Demonfear - Adam Windsor
 * 9) Tei Tenga - Sam Ketner - ZDoom-compatible
 * 10) Herian 2 - Ian Wilson - ZDoom-compatible

2000

 * 1) The Darkening Episode 2 - Various
 * 2) 10 Sectors - Various - Boom-compatible
 * 3) Chord3 - Malcolm Sailor - Limit removing
 * 4) Classic Episode - Jan Van der Veken, Anthony "Swedish Fish" Soto, Nick "NiGHTMARE" Baker and Travers "Hobbes" Dunne
 * 5) Hell Factory - Tomi Rajala - ZDoom-compatible
 * 6) Painful Evil - Tomi Rajala - Limit removing
 * 7) ZanZan - Edmundo Bordeu - ZDoomGL 0.66
 * 8) KZDoom6 - Kurt Kesler - ZDoom-compatible
 * 9) Atomic Tomb - Brad "Vorpal" Spencer - Boom-compatible
 * 10) Containment Area - J.C. "SailorScout" Bengtson - Boom-compatible

2001

 * 1) Sin City - Ed Cripps - ZDoom-compatible
 * 2) SlayeR - Richard Wiles
 * 3) Null Space - Russell Pearson
 * 4) Doom Resurrection - Tommie "Fatal" Quick - ZDoom-compatible
 * 5) The Darkest Hour - ReX Claussen - ZDoom-compatible
 * 6) Equinox - BPRD - Limit removing
 * 7) Vrack 2b - Fredrik Johansson - Boom-compatible
 * 8) Phobia - Kristian "Ebola" Käll - Legacy-compatible
 * 9) KZDoom7 - Kurt Kesler - ZDoom-compatible
 * 10) TVR! - Thomas van der Velden

2002

 * 1) Alien Vendetta - Various
 * 2) 2002: A Doom Odyssey - Various - Limit removing
 * 3) Caverns of Darkness - The Chaos Crew - Custom engine
 * 4) Dark 7 and Mission Pack - Bryant Robinson - ZDoom-compatible
 * 5) Nimrod - Unholy Software - Legacy-compatible
 * 6) CH Retro Episode - Christian "c-cooper" Hansen
 * 7) Ruma - Espi - Limit removing
 * 8) 007: License to Spell Doom - Stephen "The Ultimate Doomer" Clark - ZDoom-compatible
 * 9) Rip It, Tear It, Smash It - Christian "c-cooper" Hansen
 * 10) Congestion Control - Karthik Abhiram

2003

 * 1) Phobos: Anomaly Reborn - Christopher Lutz - Boom-compatible
 * 2) Void - Mike "Cyb" Watson - ZDoom-compatible
 * 3) Scythe - Erik Alm
 * 4) Brotherhood of Ruin - Kristian Aro
 * 5) Doom 64: Absolution - Various - Custom
 * 6) MassMouth 2 - Mike "Cyb" Watson - ZDoom-compatible
 * 7) Doom Raider - Russell Pearson - ZDoom-compatible
 * 8) Helpyourselfish - Christian "c-cooper" Hansen - Limit removing
 * 9) RTC-3057 Demo - Many - ZDoom-compatible
 * 10) Space Station Omega - Ethan "GooberMan" Watson - ZDoom-compatible