Table of contents:

• What's new??
• What is Tyson style??
• How were these recordings selected??
• Playback tips
• The lmp collection with summary table
• Current standings
• See also:
  • the DOOM2 Tyson Collection
  • the DOOM Pacifist Collection (another tough style)
  • Weapon Damage Information - why the berserk fist is more powerful than the SSG!!
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What's new??

What is Tyson style??

This collection was inspired by the Doom Honorific Title of Doom1 Tyson (D1T). Under DHT5, 15 people earned this title. Under the newer DHT6 format (same rules except no new level required), 11 people have earned the title (as of 5/98). See the DHT5 Hall of Fame or the DHT5 D1T directory to download DHT5 exams, and the DHT6 D1T directory to download DHT6 exams.

How were these recordings selected??

The fastest recording was selected among all recordings of that level. However a slower recording may be listed if it is in a harder style, such as Tyson with -fast monsters. Most of the D1T recordings are not very fast, and these are still not optimized to the point of the DOOM2 collection. This didn't start out as a competition (just a collection), but if you are serious about beating these, see the rules (with humor).

Four Ultimate DOOM levels have never been done Tyson style: E2M8, E4M2, E4M6 and E4M7. If you have a recording of any of these, be sure to send it to me. Faster recordings of existing levels are also of interest.

Playback tips

The Collection:

The following table summarizes all the lmps in this collection. If you click on a level number (first column), it will download that lmp. The "Style" column refers to the rules adhered by in the recording. Normal means usual Tyson style. Some of the recordings up the difficulty further by going with -fast monsters, fist only (or both). The fourth column lists the name of the person who first recorded that level Tyson style, although any level in the original D1T base is listed as "Unknown".

File name of the recordings is of the form: tu(map number)-(time in mmss).lmp. However, the dash is eaten up for recordings longer than 9:59, and maps with -fast monsters start with "tv".

You can download all the lmps in this collection (one recording of each level, 32 recordings, 291KB zipped -> 3.4MB uncompressed) by clicking below. If you want to view more than two of these recordings, this is the way to do it. There are some nifty bat files included to make playback easier, you won't have to remember the file names.

Download entire collection (tysonud.zip~.3MB)

Level	DHT6 Rating	Bsrk Pk?	First Lmp by	This Lmp by	Style	Run Time	Comments
E1M1	Easy	No	Unknown	Andy Kempling	Normal	1:08	Eight seconds faster ...
E1M2	Easy	No	Unknown	Andy Kempling	Normal	3:39	There are enough bullets on this level to kill every monster twice!
E1M3	Medium	No	Unknown	Patrick Martin	Normal	9:06	Only need to punch demons and spectres.
E1M4	Medium	No	Unknown	Patrick Martin	Normal	7:20	.
E1M5	Medium	No	Unknown	Patrick Martin	Normal	7:45	Quick recording of this tough level.
E1M6	Hard	No	Unknown	Patrick Martin	Normal	21:16	This level was in the DHT base from the start, but interestingly was never assigned to any D1T title holder (under DHT5).
E1M7	Medium	No	Unknown	Patrick Martin	Normal	8:06	Some great barrel frags in this one!
E1M8	Medium	No	Unknown	Patrick Martin	Fist only!	~4:40	Patrick gets the Barons in a fight, then punches out the survivor! This level is not very hard if you use bullets.
E1M9	Medium	No	Mike Pratt	Patrick Martin	Normal	12:51	.
E2M1	Hard	No	Jeff Makaiwi	Patrick Martin	Normal	7:14	Much mandatory Demon punching.
E2M2	Easy	Yes	Unknown	Patrick Martin	Fast monst Fist Only	10:21	A classic Tyson level with the Berserk right there at the start. Fastest normal recording by MCM (5:42).
E2M3	Medium	Yes	Jonas Andersson	Mike Muir	Normal	6:00	48 seconds faster!
E2M4	Medium	Yes	Unknown	Patrick Martin	Fist only	7:46	Crushers come in handy on this one, but not if you're in a hurry.
E2M5	Hard	Yes	Josh Horwich	Patrick Martin	Normal	14:34	.
E2M6	Medium	Yes	Terry Dunphy	Peo Sjoblom	Normal	10:37	Fastest fist only recording by PBM (11:50).
E2M7	Medium	Yes	Jonathan Hoof	Peo Sjoblom	Fist only	5:18	.
E2M8	Hardest	No	Uncomp.	Uncomp.	.	.	Punching out the Cyberdemon non-berserk is too tedious to contemplate.
E2M9	Easy	No	Unknown	George Bell	Fast monst Chainsaw only	1:50	This level goes very quickly with fast monsters.
E3M1	Med	No	Unknown	Andy Kempling	Normal	3:10	50 seconds faster!
E3M2	Easy	Yes	Ian Egle	Andy Kempling	Fist Only	4:38	Only 7 seconds faster ...
E3M3	Easy	Yes	Alvin Chee	Patrick Martin	Fist only	4:53	Unreachable Imps are killed by a Baron (and Demon). Fastest normal recording by MCM (4:15) (some lost souls left).
E3M4	Hard	Yes	Mike Pratt	Patrick Martin	No invuln	12:39	.
E3M5	Hard	Yes	Phidias Bourlas	Patrick Martin	Fist only	8:27	Clever Baron telefrag. Patrick has also done this level Fist only, no Invuln (12:30).
E3M6	Hard	Yes	Anton Magleli	Patrick Martin	Normal	12:23	Tons of cacos on this one.
E3M7	Hard	No	Mike Toliver	Patrick Martin	Normal	10:52	This one is quite hard to do quickly.
E3M8	Hard	No	Joe Abene	Joe Abene	Normal	~2:40	Interesting spider paralysis makes this one possible.
E3M9	Hard	Yes	Patrick Martin	Patrick Martin	Normal	19:59	This is the longest and one of the hardest Ultimate Doom levels yet done Tyson style. Only Patrick and Anton Magleli have done it.
E4M1	Hardest	No	Patrick Martin	Patrick Martin	Normal	~2 hours 25 min	With 5 Barons, no berserk pack, and very little health and manuvering space this level is extremely difficult. A very conservative approach is needed, this is the most boring lmp in this collection. But the level has now been done.
E4M2	Hardest	Yes	Uncomp.	Uncomp.	.	.	May be possible but of extreme difficulty.
E4M3	Hard	Yes	Patrick Martin	Peo Sjoblom	Normal	9:01	Mandatory Baron punching. Peo took over 10 minutes off the previous best!
E4M4	Medium	Yes	George Bell	Patrick Martin	Normal	3:39	This is only about 1 minute slower than the current COMPET-N record!
E4M5	Hard	Yes	Roger Moraga	Peo Sjoblom	Normal	8:10	Original by RAM (21:45) in his D1T exam is also worth watching for some clever tips.
E4M6	Hardest	Yes	Uncomp.	Uncomp.	.	.	.
E4M7	Hardest	Yes	Uncomp.	Uncomp.	.	.	Only 220 bullets on this level, plus the Cyberdemon is in a very small room.
E4M8	Hard	Yes	Patrick Martin	Patrick Martin	Normal	~13:55	Much Baron punching and an intimidating end scene with a Spider Mastermind.
E4M9	Hard	Yes	Patrick Martin	Patrick Martin	Normal	8:08	Very difficult start until you get the berserk pack. Original lmp 11:20.

This collection may be updated every couple of months, if and when better recordings come in.

Current standings

Name	DHT Initials	First Level Recordings	Fastest Recordings
Patrick Martin	PBM	5	21
Andy Kempling	ARK	0	4
Peo Sjoblom	PS2	0	4
Joe Abene	JMA	1	1
George Bell	GIB	1	1
Mike Muir	MCM	0	1
Mike Pratt	MGP	2	0
Jonas Andersson	JAG	1	0
Phidias Bourlas	PNB	1	0
Alvin Chee	AVC	1	0
Terry Dunphy	TMD	1	0
Ian Egle	IE	1	0
Jonathan Hoof	JRH	1	0
Josh Horwich	JBH	1	0
Anton Magleli	AVM	1	0
Jeff Makaiwi	JRM	1	0
Roger Moraga	RAM	1	0
Mike Toliver	MET	1	0