Minecraft's Mysterious Lost Versions

Over the 12-year lifespan of Minecraft, the game has changed... a lot. But what most people don't know is that a lot of older versions of Minecraft have been discontinued, or in some cases, lost completely. So in today's episode of Minecraft Uncovered, we're going to explore the abandoned versions of Minecraft and see what players are doing to preserve these relics from the early days of Minecraft.

Credit to refrsh for some gameplay.

bye love u

[thecock]

those lost versions could be sitting on someones computer without them knowing

[walnutalpaca]

Dude when he started talking about bedrock I literally got slapped by nostalgia, I completely forgot about the old stonecutter

[vadiks]

1:48 there is something magical about seeing bunch of guys doing some updates in a single room which looks like a room in apartment

[SoldiesBC]

Since this video has been uploaded, these versions have been found:

Classic 0.0.19a_04
Classic 0.0.20a_02
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 (Pre-reupload)
Combat Test 8 (Private version)
Alpha v1.2.3_01 (First reupload)
Classic 0.29
Alpha server 0.1.1 (Reupload)
Classic server 1.4 (Reupload)
and some servers for some snapshot pre/reuploads that aren't worth mentioning.

[greenguy]

Well I looked through my files and got distracted by my old world, I actually started crying because I missed all the fun. Now days Minecraft just consist of people that grief, or that are heavily toxic.

[lysenthe]

Honestly, this scenario reminds me of one game I have personally forked, & the game is called Yume 2kki.

The game has a crazy story in of itself already, but many of the earlier builds are straight up missing and it fills me with dread every time I look at some of the versions that are missing. I used to document some of the history but kinda went on hiatus for it, but there are some crazy things I wish to see in person in those missing releases.

Minecraft is admittedly no different. Hope lost versions of it get found one day.

[Pimpeaux]

I've really been enjoying these Minecraft history videos. There's a real grab-bag of interesting stuff to talk about, especially since the game has been so irrevocably tied to periodical content and community for its entire life. For that matter, it really surprised me that you apparently only started playing in 2017. It never fails to make me feel old knowing that this game has gone through multiple generations in the time since I started playing in Beta.

[greffen]

its very impressive that we still have as many old versions as we do

[Udon]

There is an ARG about a version of minecraft that branched out of the main game before alpha 1.0.17 which is alpha 1.0.16_01 until _6 . People call it Minecraft Lilypad. It's in a channel called Minecraft Alpha 1.0.16 videos. Please correct me if I'm wrong

[GolemOO]

i'm feeling very nostalgic when i see the old versions of mcpe and legacy console edition

[xsfpulo]

I remember watching you at 2k, great to see you doing well

[TBH_Inc]

7:00 I mean they only really started trying to archive all the versions a couple of years ago, I think antvenom made a good video about the group that started the search.

[mc-ate-bit]

Pretty soon in 10 years, 1.18 experimental snapshot 1 will probably another lost version of the game

[Rajesh-Koothrappali]

Modding bedrock shows that there are still traces of pocket edition within the code, you can get things like the nether core, and even glowing obsidian! I managed this by modding the save and changing the values of the items by seemingly random and I found them

[thedipermontshow]

Thanks for not finding my old kindle fire till now, I finally got to see my minecraft, it stopped updating in alpha 0.8.6.

That Sure was a trip down memory lane.

I still play minecraft in my 3ds from time to time and it's still a neat way to play minecraft in 1.12

[uncreativename]

I swear on my life there was an old build of Minecraft pocket edition for the kindle with a unique block, forgot the name but it was dark blue like lapis, and had a crescent moon and stars on it, it’s such a vivid memory since I’d use it all the time for making fake skyboxes

[brancher]

It's crazy how you've only been playing since 2017 yet you still know so much

[ShortAnt]

I want a Minecraft museum where it’s everywhere and it tells us facts about mobs and how they were created and old stuff that would bring people into nostalgia world.. I miss the old Minecraft :(

[master]

I have an interesting history with the game Minecraft. I first heard of the game in October of 2010 from someone my sister knew. I thought it was the coolest thing. I didn't play Minecraft until 2012, about 2 years later though. And I didn't create my account until the start of 2013.

[pompomaddons]

bro, I remember when u we’re at 1k subs, your growth is crazy!