What is the order of the Doom Original Series?

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I want to play the Original Doom games in chronological order, but after checking the Wikipedia page for the series, I found that there are a couple of official maps for the Doom games:

Doom 1

Thy Flesh Consumed (from The Ultimate Doom)
Sigil (unofficial, by John Romero, the co-founder of id Software)

Doom 2

Master Levels for Doom II
Doom II: No Rest for the Living (Xbox 360, by Nerve Software)

Final Doom

TNT: Evilution
The Plutonia Experiment

Doom 64
Doom 3 / Doom 3: BFG Edition

Resurrection of Evil
The Lost Mission (BFG Edition only)

What is the correct chronological order for the Original Doom games? Is the chronological order the same as the release order?

Zandrich Mynhardt · Answer

The official classic canon would be:
DOOM
DOOM - Thy Flesh Consumed
DOOM II
DOOM II - No Rest for the Living
Sigil is unofficial, as are The Master Levels for DOOM II and Plutonia. TNT: Evilution IS considered low-canon, but I'm really not sure where it fits in though. Given the lack of events to gauge context, we'd have to go on the visuals and equipment - this puts it somewhere DURING both DOOM and DOOM II, which seems odd. Between, perhaps?
As mentioned, DOOM 3 is something of a soft-reboot, so you can consider it a recap of the above canon. Play through the above DOOM and DOOM II canon, then play through DOOM 3; it's a more horror-esque and narrative-heavy "remake" of the previous two titles, and overall a really solid game.
Another note; The Ultimate DOOM is a comprehensive collection of DOOM (1) canon

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