The video isn't an ad by the way. I was not paid to make this video by anybody, as there isn't even an integrated ad spot. I'm a little disappointed that I even need to make this comment.
Where's dan/cavemanfilms I miss mnaf will you bring it back if not maybe bring cavemanfilms back because mnaf was epic have people forgotten about Dan I never have
It's really sad that Mojang doesn't support playing these old versions anymore. Atleast there are people like Moresteck that take their time and create something amazing like the BetaCraft Launcher.
Antvenom, the pre-release community appreciates your work more than anyone's! I sincerely thank you for the exposure you bring to all the hard work put into preserving and playing older versions of Minecraft
This will either be the start of BetaCraft's golden age, full of active players and fun places, or it's downfall from the invasion of toxic players. Hey guys, it's 2/7/21, It's hard to say if it's positive or negative. On the bright side, new players have joined, especially on ClassicalNuts. We had a Lava Survival event, it was pretty fun and everyone seemed pretty nice, even though the event broke twice. On the dark side though, grief bans visibly increased.
@@dibershai6009 The alternate timeline, probably: Among Us has been released in the year 2010, it's very small community has decided to build their local joke into Minecraft "Amogus"
I checked it really briefly and it even brings back the old sounds that used to be in the game (Like the doors for example). I absolutely love this, they might need to make some small adjustments however. One thing Mojang/Microsoft might not like about this, is that you can basically play the game for free using this launcher. Another thing I noticed, is that if you enter a username used by another MC player (e.g. one of your friends or a youtuber), without signing in, you can run around in the game using their username and their most recent skin. Lets hope that Mojang/Microsoft does not shut this down now that there is more attention for this project.
to expand on this a bit further, you can start two instances of the game using the launcher with different names, then host a server and set it to "Offline mode" this will allow both instances to connect to the same server, using the skin and username provided by the users. So in a LAN setting, this would bypass owning the game.
This is not the only free launcher. There are tens of diffrent cracked launchers you can downloaf for free more than half of the minecrfat players play on those cracked launchers. I use a launcher named Titan Launcher its free and it has all the versions from alpha to today. Why would I pay money ıf I can play the same game free?
@@quanqiller409 In that case I hope they don't crack down on them. I'm not saying people aren't allowed to use cracked versions, I'm more worried about this project potentially being killed off somehow.
@@quanqiller409 supporting game creators/devs, realiable/trustworthy skin server provider(well at least on laters ver), more casual player server set up aka realms, not feeling like i'm stealing(which part of me does playing it cracked), if none of those reason apply or you find them needed you do you
@@Conlinkin classic servers weren't shut down in september 2011 I was able to play classic in 2012 and 2013 on servers perfectly fine, in fact, I registered for an account in september 2011 (the 20th to be exact)
I think it's fair to want fully functional old versions of Minecraft, but those versions are a decade old, so I wouldn't blame Mojang for those versions not working 110%.
Yeah, I think that the extra functionality may be a bit much for Mojang to care about as a company, but I do think that there should be some steps put in to make sure older versions are playable
Personally, I think it’s fine that Mojang isn’t fixing these old versions. For most of them, 99.9% of people won’t even touch them anyway and Mojang is already super busy working on new updates many, many people will play. However, BetaCraft is an incredible idea for the people who do want to play on these versions. Props to the people who spent time fixing all those old versions.
The main thing they need to fix is name verification though. They've just gotta redirect a few links, and it would make servers more secure by a very large margin.
yeah agreed when there's already a third party launcher for playing older versions then Mojang doesn't need to fix a decade old versions which 99.9% of the playbase won't even play so it's a bunch of wasted resources.
@@xdeathcon isn't older versions of Minecraft (using legacy rather than yggdrasil authentication) only checks account name rather than email address? Even if Mojang made online authentication works again people can just change their account name as easy, and even worse so Mojang no longer prevents repeated account names anymore I think. Meanwhile third party authentication plugin is a thing for older version of Minecraft. Sure, it was mainly for pirated versions at the time, but that doesn't mean it can't be for legit versions as well. It's really only an issue if people are playing modded (where some mods use fake users for certain blocks, say an auto placer).
I like how alternative launchers are becoming more and more popular. A few years ago it was a nieche thing only a few people did, now launchers like multimc are well-known. Launchers like lunar or badlion modify the game to contain many mods and to optimize performance, and also have thousands of players at all times. It's pretty convenient, ngl. It's much easier to use than fabric or forge.
the concerning thing ive noticed, is that they moved historical versions from being in the installations area, to the settings, making it slightly harder to get hold of, not sure if thats a prelude to anything
I use BetaCraft on a regular basis (I even provided a translation in italian for the launcher), and If I have to say, It's really really well made. The fact that there is every single version archived, Even the reuploads or modified ones, the different choices like the "Quit game" button on older versions or the gamemode switcher for infdev and indev, are all really useful, especially for people like you, antvenom, who need to study (or break XD) these old versions of minecraft. If I have to say, betacraft almost CHANGED my point of view of playing older versions.
The online functionality is so cool! It reminds me of when the main MC site had a classic server list you could click and join with, was hoping it'd return in some form
Sad, but true. I love playing older versions of _any games._ It gives a look into how and why some features got created and why they are so beneficial!
Tbh older version has many bugs and the reason why they can't keep these version is because Microsoft and Mojang is focused on the future updates fixing bugs and adding more stuffs. It's really sick but I still love the old blocks and that's not a problem anyway
@@LazyLoonz ah yes people like you telling others to "move on" or "let it go" like if it was a person who died Listen buddy let people play what they want
mod support isn't great on BetaCraft, but it is still possible to install them, what you need to do is modify a jar and then put it in .betacraft\versions, and it will appear in the versions list (don't forget to delete META-INF), Moresteck does such a great job at maintaining this launcher, features between being one of the first to support Microsoft Accounts and fixing all of these issues with the game. Thank you for bringing so much exposure to the legacy Minecraft community over the years. One other thing to mention is that BetaCraft works very well under Windows XP, an Operating System that has been end of life for over 7 years now, it even works on older versions than that. I've seen it run on Windows 98 SE, albeit a little unstable. I still create content on these old versions, and pretty much every time our community gets some exposure, there's always a big increase in viewers. it's not just me who has noticed that, pretty much everyone who still creates content based around these versions benefits from it too. and yet again, thank you!
Well I'll definitely give it a run on my penIII 1266 win98 se pc once I get a network card for it since the tusl2-c motherboard doesn't have any network stuff. Classic might actually work there with rendering distance being set to Tiny.
OMFG you just single handedly revived the minecraft classic community, You're a Saint. Edit: much credit to the coders behind this project, but a voice makes all the difference.
although my server didn't make it into the video, thanks for joining my server for like few seconds XD GoBeta to be exact. you joining it gave me inspiration to keep working on it! even though its not easy to work on b1.9.6! thanks for joining my server tho antvenom! even if it was just a second or 2
It's honestly chilling to realise that someday in the me future third party clients running on offline pcs might be our only way to relive old versions. Keep up with the good content ant!
WOW! BetaCraft is AWESOME! Childhood relived when I opened up Beta 1.8.1, along with the OLD SOUNDS, AND OLD MUSIC!! And Classic 0.30 multiplayer! When I blew up the TNT with the old sounds, the old doors and chests, memories were just flooding back like never before. Thank you AntVenom
Btw, some of the old versions in the vanilla minecraft launcher need you to wait 5 seconds or more before touching your keyboard or mouse, or it will crash instantly. This thing works for me, idk about other pc's
I love old minecraft beta and alpha versions. They give me such a sense of nostalgia, especially when torches are lighting up the night. So much fascination playing the PC Gamer Demo as a little kid when I first discovered this game back in 2011. It's magical.
Started using betacraft for my old versions like 2 years ago, I didn't know about the add-on menu, thanks! I also hope the community won't be overrun with kids now tho
I actually had a mod for Minecraft that involves bringing back the quiver but with new features to it. You take damage when you put arrows in your inventory. The quiver can hold a stack of arrows and there will be a special slot for the quiver. It will have 2 models in your inventory. One with arrows inside and one empty. To craft the quiver, first, put three leather in the shape of a column to get a sling. You need three slings to craft the quiver, next put four leather in the shape of a square in the bottom left corner and put the three slings in the top middle, top right corner and middle right to get the quiver. To put the arrows in the quiver, you right click the arrows like putting things in a bundle for java edition. For pocket edition, you tap the quiver and double tap the arrows to put them in the quiver. That's my mod idea, if a Minecraft mod maker sees this comment, it would be helpful if you turned this into an actual mod.
As I said, very specifically. "almost nothing you can do about it". The average player isn't going to know how to do that, nor are they going to be willing to.
The Minecraft community is just amazing, unlike anywhere else would you find so much dedicated players to the point they create their own launcher and fix bugs in a 10 year old version of the game, thanks for enlightening me on this topic!
By the way you can download most server software for old versions like beta 1.7.3 on the minecraft wiki page. Just make sure to run the server in offline mode because else it tries to authenticate users from mojangs old authentication servers that are not running anymore which makes the server kick every player because it can't check if you have a valid account. Also I recommend using beta server software because in alpha usernames are broken which means every time someone logs in they join as a new player with a default name that just says player with a random 3 digit number. And alpha servers tend to be unstable with some essential survival mode features not working properly in multiplayer like furnaces. Classic pre alpha servers have to be set up differently because the game runs in a web browser. But there is an official multiplayer Classic version that is free to play on a web browser provided by mojang. There you can just copy a link and send it to your friends so they can join your game.
As a BetaCraft user who uses it to mess around with trying to get secret blocks without commands, I can't wait for the userbase to increase and servers to explode so that I can enjoy playing Classic servers again.
I've been using betacraft for older versions for quite a while now, but I had no idea about the gamemode switcher! That'll definitely make messing with those versions even better :)
ty AntVenom this video was really interesting and its nice knowing there is a way to revisit older Minecraft versions but actually properly fixed with skins sounds etc feels like you can actually enjoy the old version you are choosing to play, not saying Mojang didn't do a good job with the versions in the launcher but hearing the modern door sound while playing alpha is a big throw off and just feels wrong lol
I started using betacraft a while ago to play older versions of Minecraft, and to be honest, its been as great as you've explained it! However, using some modifications provided within the betacraft launcher, you are able to delete an infdev world from inside the world, which is quite good. I also found that it functions perfectly but doesn't save anything to the world select screen, meaning that the game is writing data that shouldn't exist, to a place that doesn't exist. I'm surprised that a black hole hasn't appeared yet lol
i've been using this launcher for a while now. there were 2 reasons as to why i chose to download this launcher. i wanted to use skins in older versions of the game and i wanted the game to work properly. thank you for showcasing this really under-rated launcher on your channel.
As someone who first started playing Minecraft back in Release 1.3, it's going to be fun to finally explore these older versions without game-breaking bugs plaguing them.
When your survival world is now almost 12 years old and you realize, oh no I have gotten old. The amount of Terrain gen borders I have built separating the alpha terrain gen from the beta terrain gen and so on, is insane. Those projects took me months each as I continued to explore farther from my spawn chunks. The largest one is gunna be the one I am working on for the 1.18 caves and cliffs update. Separating all of those thousands of loaded chunks that pre-date 1.18s newer caves and newer terrain is kind of crazy. I am not even half way done with that task yet. Wish me luck. (I have other worlds I have played in probably more than my original, I still work on monthlong+ projects in it every now and then) My main wonder is if you can port the world's you make with this program over to the main game. If so, that would be interesting.
Honestly, I prefer older versions because my computer that's super beefy (minus GPU cause you know) can run them with 60+fps, often averaging over 100 with graphics maxed, but anything past release 1.8 goes from 60 on max settings to under 30 on lowest settings in 1.16/1.17. I hope the next big update is a huge performance update cause I literally won't be able to play by 1.20 if they don't fix this
I can relate to this. My new laptop isn't working anymore and I have to use my old laptop from 2008 until it is fixed. I was able to play the newest snapshots on it though they are not running on a good enough performance to make them fun to explore. On older minecraft versions like beta I can even run a 2 GB server with me joining it from local host and other players joining from another network if the their client isn't sending too many packets and my device isn't doing any performance heavy random tasks in the background. But mojang are working on making the newest snapshots run on better performance. On the latest snapshot they made the game able to run on more threads than before making the terrain load way faster alongside the simulation distance option and more in the previous snapshot
That original-styled launcher for BetaCraft just gave me such a nostalgic rush, and actually reminded me I STILL have my 1.6 launcher exe somewhere on my storage drive. No clue how well it still works, but it just makes me feel kind of happy to remember I still have that, and more so to know there's such dedication to preserving and keeping functional the old versions of the game right down to the very first release we've ever been given access to.
Probably nothing. I think AntVenom made a video about old versions not properly working on the vanilla launcher before and he also mentioned that mojang actually tried to make sounds work on early minecraft at some point and then they stopped supporting it again
Or remove their versions from the official launcher, hire/work with the guys that handle BetaCraft and implement all of their work into the official launcher
based on the fact that microsoft is kinda limiting mojang on stuff i dont think their allowed to because of microsoft forcing people to spend money on new consoles and shutting down servers to force it (tbh im more thinking of the fact that texture packs and skins cost money and made for profit even when it used to be a very very big rule against making profit off that stuff)
Um it wouldn't be silly for a name as popular and as rich as minecraft to make sure their old versions are infact supported. Minecraft is no longer owned by an indie game developer in their mothers basement, it is now owned by a power house company that actually idolizes nostalgia and has gone as far as bringing backwards compatibility and crossplay between their platforms.
For playing Classic Minecraft, I think I still prefer ClassiCube, which is more of a remake with extra features than purely faithful to the 2009 experience.
Haven't watched AntVenom literally in a decade! Looks like the last video I watched of yours was a Farlands video from 2011. I was 13 at the time hahaha. Good to see you still making quality content - it's juts as I remember, but better. Clint Stevens brought me back here, oddly enough hehe
@@Yackalips well tetris was made when games were new and there were much less of them than now so tetris had almost no competition, but now there are millions of them and im not saying it to be dead like no one will play it but in those 10 years minecraft is alive it already had a downfall beacuse of small amounts of updates and one bad update can make the game die, when tetris was popular internet wasnt very good and games werent receving any updates and were sold physical copy only, now games need constant updates to keep the game alive and not have bad ones
The old alpha, beta, classic and infdev versions haven’t been in my launcher since I got a new computer. So I was forced to download another program just to play them
@@AntVenom when i had my old computer i think that it must have been ticked when I got the launcher. Thanks for telling me I would never new to do that otherwise.
Nothing makes me more sad than not having the old door sounds on alpha / beta versions of Minecraft.
Betacraft FTW
First comment,second like
Hello
Yeah!
omg its the other idmc
You can use custom sounds
The video isn't an ad by the way. I was not paid to make this video by anybody, as there isn't even an integrated ad spot. I'm a little disappointed that I even need to make this comment.
Cool
ok
Thats what i was wondering 😂, I wonder what minecraft would look like in the future
Tlauncher?
Where's dan/cavemanfilms I miss mnaf will you bring it back if not maybe bring cavemanfilms back because mnaf was epic have people forgotten about Dan I never have
It's really sad that Mojang doesn't support playing these old versions anymore. Atleast there are people like Moresteck that take their time and create something amazing like the BetaCraft Launcher.
Hello
Hi!
Yeah it's sad
my man moresteck
They even hid the "Historical Versions" checkbox in the settings.
Antvenom, the pre-release community appreciates your work more than anyone's! I sincerely thank you for the exposure you bring to all the hard work put into preserving and playing older versions of Minecraft
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2:10 seeing "AMOGUS" on minecraft classic feels very wrong, like an alternate timeline
It's even older than Beta, I think it is minecraft classic if I am not mistaken.
Damn. I saw the discord invite link in the world but this is much more cursed than that
what the heck is amogus I hear this everywhere
@@soulplexis sus
@@soulplexis It means Among us, basically. That game where you have to find the impostor and stuff
Man, seeing the old minecraft beta launcher is like a blast of nostalgia
I remember this guy when he used to make Runescape music videos. Glad he is now successful.
Isn't it now called *The Titan Launcher?*
A respawn anchor explosion of nostalgia?
really is... i honestly still miss it
This will either be the start of BetaCraft's golden age, full of active players and fun places, or it's downfall from the invasion of toxic players.
Hey guys, it's 2/7/21, It's hard to say if it's positive or negative. On the bright side, new players have joined, especially on ClassicalNuts. We had a Lava Survival event, it was pretty fun and everyone seemed pretty nice, even though the event broke twice. On the dark side though, grief bans visibly increased.
What? There was toxic players in BetaCraft?
@@rifter4478 **were*
@@rifter4478 i don't think you get what he was trying to say
There was already toxicity lol.... ZS and LS servers too name a few.
Doesn't matter what online game/server you're in, from the beginning you're bound to find toxic players
Moresteck finally earned his deserved fame
Yup I got betacraft about 2 weeks ago I love it 12/10
Hello
But not the other toxic servers that act nice to popular people.
The "Amogus" combined with the old Minecraft was a *very* weird combination to witness to say the least...
It is like an alternate timeline
@@dibershai6009 The alternate timeline, probably: Among Us has been released in the year 2010, it's very small community has decided to build their local joke into Minecraft "Amogus"
I checked it really briefly and it even brings back the old sounds that used to be in the game (Like the doors for example). I absolutely love this, they might need to make some small adjustments however.
One thing Mojang/Microsoft might not like about this, is that you can basically play the game for free using this launcher. Another thing I noticed, is that if you enter a username used by another MC player (e.g. one of your friends or a youtuber), without signing in, you can run around in the game using their username and their most recent skin.
Lets hope that Mojang/Microsoft does not shut this down now that there is more attention for this project.
to expand on this a bit further, you can start two instances of the game using the launcher with different names, then host a server and set it to "Offline mode" this will allow both instances to connect to the same server, using the skin and username provided by the users. So in a LAN setting, this would bypass owning the game.
This is not the only free launcher. There are tens of diffrent cracked launchers you can downloaf for free more than half of the minecrfat players play on those cracked launchers. I use a launcher named Titan Launcher its free and it has all the versions from alpha to today. Why would I pay money ıf I can play the same game free?
@@quanqiller409 In that case I hope they don't crack down on them. I'm not saying people aren't allowed to use cracked versions, I'm more worried about this project potentially being killed off somehow.
@@quanqiller409 supporting game creators/devs, realiable/trustworthy skin server provider(well at least on laters ver), more casual player server set up aka realms, not feeling like i'm stealing(which part of me does playing it cracked), if none of those reason apply or you find them needed you do you
@@Zehnter wdym "i'm not saying people aren't allowed to use cracked versions"?? Isn't pirating games illegal??
Thank you so much for featuring alphaplace! Helps out!
Congrats man
This was a surprise
hey windows
@@MegaYoteStuff hi
@@AlphaPlace small world :D
Seeing a Minecraft Classic server that's active and with modern memes is making me tear up. It's like MC Classic never left.
because it didn't
Mojang just pushed it into the shadows of the internet
@@Conlinkin there was
classicube was there y'know
@@Conlinkin classic servers weren't shut down in september 2011
I was able to play classic in 2012 and 2013 on servers perfectly fine, in fact, I registered for an account in september 2011 (the 20th to be exact)
2:05 it feels so surreal seeing among us in minecraft classic as someone who played minecraft classic back when I was 13 in 2009
that world is **SUS**
It's a special kind of cursed
It is like an alternate timeline
@@imibuks-replit WHEN THE MINECRAFT ALPHA IS SUS 😳 😳 😳 😳
now that I think about it, Among us does seem like a game that could of come out in the Newgrounds era
Thanks for including that extra multiplayer and server information, I'll definitely be creating some nostalgia servers for my friends and myself.
Can i join ? 👀🤣
This genuinely makes me want to cry with happiness. I'm so glad there are people out there who care about the old Minecraft versions.
I think it's fair to want fully functional old versions of Minecraft, but those versions are a decade old, so I wouldn't blame Mojang for those versions not working 110%.
Yeah, I think that the extra functionality may be a bit much for Mojang to care about as a company, but I do think that there should be some steps put in to make sure older versions are playable
When you remember not even the current version works 100%
I think people shouldnt attack mojang for not supporting very old versions, other games dont even allow you to play version older than the newest one.
@@tjgdddfcn you mean like minecraft
@@tjgdddfcn insert MANY mobile game names here
Personally, I think it’s fine that Mojang isn’t fixing these old versions. For most of them, 99.9% of people won’t even touch them anyway and Mojang is already super busy working on new updates many, many people will play. However, BetaCraft is an incredible idea for the people who do want to play on these versions. Props to the people who spent time fixing all those old versions.
Agreed, AntVenom said that in the video, I just wish the title and introduction were a less click-baity.
The main thing they need to fix is name verification though. They've just gotta redirect a few links, and it would make servers more secure by a very large margin.
agreed
yeah agreed when there's already a third party launcher for playing older versions then Mojang doesn't need to fix a decade old versions which 99.9% of the playbase won't even play so it's a bunch of wasted resources.
@@xdeathcon isn't older versions of Minecraft (using legacy rather than yggdrasil authentication) only checks account name rather than email address? Even if Mojang made online authentication works again people can just change their account name as easy, and even worse so Mojang no longer prevents repeated account names anymore I think.
Meanwhile third party authentication plugin is a thing for older version of Minecraft. Sure, it was mainly for pirated versions at the time, but that doesn't mean it can't be for legit versions as well. It's really only an issue if people are playing modded (where some mods use fake users for certain blocks, say an auto placer).
I like how alternative launchers are becoming more and more popular. A few years ago it was a nieche thing only a few people did, now launchers like multimc are well-known. Launchers like lunar or badlion modify the game to contain many mods and to optimize performance, and also have thousands of players at all times. It's pretty convenient, ngl. It's much easier to use than fabric or forge.
A few years ago? The Technic Launcher and Feed The Beast have been around for the majority of Minecraft's lifetime
Sure, they have always existed, but the average player didn't know about them.
The recent curseforge launcher makes playing modded MC as easy as playing Lunar.
@@12asimoa Just because you just learned about them, doesn't mean they weren't already popular.
@@12asimoa Uh, yes they did. Tekkit and FTB in particular were incredibly popular back in the day.
the concerning thing ive noticed, is that they moved historical versions from being in the installations area, to the settings, making it slightly harder to get hold of, not sure if thats a prelude to anything
I use BetaCraft on a regular basis (I even provided a translation in italian for the launcher), and If I have to say, It's really really well made. The fact that there is every single version archived, Even the reuploads or modified ones, the different choices like the "Quit game" button on older versions or the gamemode switcher for infdev and indev, are all really useful, especially for people like you, antvenom, who need to study (or break XD) these old versions of minecraft.
If I have to say, betacraft almost CHANGED my point of view of playing older versions.
I immediately downloaded this and joined the top server and you were in there lol.
2:05
Ah yes, Amogus, the good old 2009 meme
When I first saw Among Us I thought it was an old flash game, until I looked into it. Among us could of existed in 2009 because of it's old art style.
@@coolwin7710 They didn't even start working on it. They started making this game somewhere in 2016-2018
@@fan0 I know that, what I meant to say was that the game *looked* like it was from 2009.
@@coolwin7710 Ooooooooooooooooh
The online functionality is so cool! It reminds me of when the main MC site had a classic server list you could click and join with, was hoping it'd return in some form
Sad, but true. I love playing older versions of _any games._ It gives a look into how and why some features got created and why they are so beneficial!
And for a handful of games, the older versions are way better.
@@aidaninsua You mean a fingerful
@@aidaninsua insert many roblox game names here
Tbh older version has many bugs and the reason why they can't keep these version is because Microsoft and Mojang is focused on the future updates fixing bugs and adding more stuffs. It's really sick but I still love the old blocks and that's not a problem anyway
What scares me is how Mojang could ignore for example 1.8.9 and make 1.8 PVP impossible.
i wish
They already ignored it, it just so happens that it still works for now.
Oh no no no no nooo... that is a nightmare
Hopefully they're ignoring it on purpose, people really need to move on
@@LazyLoonz ah yes people like you telling others to "move on" or "let it go" like if it was a person who died
Listen buddy let people play what they want
mod support isn't great on BetaCraft, but it is still possible to install them, what you need to do is modify a jar and then put it in .betacraft\versions, and it will appear in the versions list (don't forget to delete META-INF), Moresteck does such a great job at maintaining this launcher, features between being one of the first to support Microsoft Accounts and fixing all of these issues with the game. Thank you for bringing so much exposure to the legacy Minecraft community over the years. One other thing to mention is that BetaCraft works very well under Windows XP, an Operating System that has been end of life for over 7 years now, it even works on older versions than that. I've seen it run on Windows 98 SE, albeit a little unstable.
I still create content on these old versions, and pretty much every time our community gets some exposure, there's always a big increase in viewers. it's not just me who has noticed that, pretty much everyone who still creates content based around these versions benefits from it too. and yet again, thank you!
Whitebear moment
Well I'll definitely give it a run on my penIII 1266 win98 se pc once I get a network card for it since the tusl2-c motherboard doesn't have any network stuff. Classic might actually work there with rendering distance being set to Tiny.
@@Laki99000 I think you might just about get away with running the game on a system like that.
2:06 That Herobrine statue and Czech flag on the left is my work :D
I was surprised to see Czech flag there lol
*I am watching*
OMFG you just single handedly revived the minecraft classic community, You're a Saint.
Edit: much credit to the coders behind this project, but a voice makes all the difference.
Thank you for making this video!!
-The BetaCraft community
although my server didn't make it into the video, thanks for joining my server for like few seconds XD GoBeta to be exact. you joining it gave me inspiration to keep working on it! even though its not easy to work on b1.9.6!
thanks for joining my server tho antvenom! even if it was just a second or 2
It's honestly chilling to realise that someday in the me future third party clients running on offline pcs might be our only way to relive old versions. Keep up with the good content ant!
that day came long ago :v
The future is even more grim for most of todays "AAA" online only titles.
Seeing among us pixel art in alpha mc is kinda cursed
minecraft classic
Agreed.
Earlier title of this video: Mojang is ignoring old versions of Minecraft
Thank you for sharing this! I love old Minecraft version, they're super nostalgic to me. Great to see them running well on modern systems!
Me: *appriciates the hard work and effort to make old minecraft relevant again*
Also me: 7:34 look! A mumbo jumbo face in the upper right corner!
WOW! BetaCraft is AWESOME! Childhood relived when I opened up Beta 1.8.1, along with the OLD SOUNDS, AND OLD MUSIC!! And Classic 0.30 multiplayer! When I blew up the TNT with the old sounds, the old doors and chests, memories were just flooding back like never before.
Thank you AntVenom
Btw, some of the old versions in the vanilla minecraft launcher need you to wait 5 seconds or more before touching your keyboard or mouse, or it will crash instantly. This thing works for me, idk about other pc's
companies not supporting checking out the history of their games sounds bizzare af
it's more common than you might think
"Minecraft has a problem"
_Proceeds to release _*_THEM_*
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I remember I would always play these old classic versions in the launcher
… literally everyone did buddy
with the help of ant venom for telling us about betacraft, we all can play old versions now
My brother built the android at 4:56!
I love old minecraft beta and alpha versions. They give me such a sense of nostalgia, especially when torches are lighting up the night. So much fascination playing the PC Gamer Demo as a little kid when I first discovered this game back in 2011. It's magical.
Started using betacraft for my old versions like 2 years ago, I didn't know about the add-on menu, thanks! I also hope the community won't be overrun with kids now tho
I actually had a mod for Minecraft that involves bringing back the quiver but with new features to it. You take damage when you put arrows in your inventory. The quiver can hold a stack of arrows and there will be a special slot for the quiver. It will have 2 models in your inventory. One with arrows inside and one empty. To craft the quiver, first, put three leather in the shape of a column to get a sling. You need three slings to craft the quiver, next put four leather in the shape of a square in the bottom left corner and put the three slings in the top middle, top right corner and middle right to get the quiver. To put the arrows in the quiver, you right click the arrows like putting things in a bundle for java edition. For pocket edition, you tap the quiver and double tap the arrows to put them in the quiver. That's my mod idea, if a Minecraft mod maker sees this comment, it would be helpful if you turned this into an actual mod.
You can download older APKs of Minecraft bedrock edition on an Android device, and there's also a way on the Windows 10 Edition as well.
As I said, very specifically. "almost nothing you can do about it".
The average player isn't going to know how to do that, nor are they going to be willing to.
@@AntVenom trust me, it's well known on the Android community, we do it since the day of the release of PE
@@AntVenom Sadly.
@@AntVenom oh you did lmao I didn't catch that
The Minecraft community is just amazing, unlike anywhere else would you find so much dedicated players to the point they create their own launcher and fix bugs in a 10 year old version of the game, thanks for enlightening me on this topic!
I guess there are things like Daggerfall unity but that's kinda different.
I absolutely love the website! Brings back so many good memories..
I downloaded this before the video even ended. Great to see that this exists and is supported by a strong community
2:10 seeing a 2020 meme pop up in a 13 years 7 months 6 days ago game is pretty unusual and weird.
They should add a feature where you enable single play chat and commands in beta and alpha versions.
God bless these wonderful people who help relive the versions that thought would never see the light of day again.
great video!
making a server on any old version?? HELL YEAH I CAN FINALLY PLAY OLD MINECRAFT WITH FRIENDS
By the way you can download most server software for old versions like beta 1.7.3 on the minecraft wiki page. Just make sure to run the server in offline mode because else it tries to authenticate users from mojangs old authentication servers that are not running anymore which makes the server kick every player because it can't check if you have a valid account. Also I recommend using beta server software because in alpha usernames are broken which means every time someone logs in they join as a new player with a default name that just says player with a random 3 digit number. And alpha servers tend to be unstable with some essential survival mode features not working properly in multiplayer like furnaces. Classic pre alpha servers have to be set up differently because the game runs in a web browser. But there is an official multiplayer Classic version that is free to play on a web browser provided by mojang. There you can just copy a link and send it to your friends so they can join your game.
and then you realize you have no friends
@@silverdiamond2098 omg so that’s why I wasn’t able to get a server working!! that makes so much sense, thank you so much
thank you so much for this video, i love older versions of minecraft and this is awesome
As a BetaCraft user who uses it to mess around with trying to get secret blocks without commands, I can't wait for the userbase to increase and servers to explode so that I can enjoy playing Classic servers again.
0:57 that actually looks cool ngl
I've been using betacraft for older versions for quite a while now, but I had no idea about the gamemode switcher! That'll definitely make messing with those versions even better :)
I'll never forget the moment when I updated my Minecraft version to be greeted by a hunger bar that tormented me
I'd say hire the makers of this launcher to maintain the archive officially.
I was waiting for you to talk about betacraft! You make great videos
ty AntVenom this video was really interesting and its nice knowing there is a way to revisit older Minecraft versions but actually properly fixed with skins sounds etc feels like you can actually enjoy the old version you are choosing to play, not saying Mojang didn't do a good job with the versions in the launcher but hearing the modern door sound while playing alpha is a big throw off and just feels wrong lol
I started using betacraft a while ago to play older versions of Minecraft, and to be honest, its been as great as you've explained it! However, using some modifications provided within the betacraft launcher, you are able to delete an infdev world from inside the world, which is quite good. I also found that it functions perfectly but doesn't save anything to the world select screen, meaning that the game is writing data that shouldn't exist, to a place that doesn't exist. I'm surprised that a black hole hasn't appeared yet lol
"I do have the technical knowledge to do this, but I'd rather just, not."
As a Linux user, I FEEL THIS SO HARD XD
epic that i've seen some of my "friends" here
epic video about covering clients of old versions btw
i've been using this launcher for a while now. there were 2 reasons as to why i chose to download this launcher. i wanted to use skins in older versions of the game and i wanted the game to work properly. thank you for showcasing this really under-rated launcher on your channel.
honestly thought more people knew abt it tbh, I used it since mid 2019
I was in love with the client as soon as i heard the old door sound xD
People are finally noticing Betacraft, I've loved it for quite awhile now, and have been convincing people to convert from MultiMC to this
As someone who first started playing Minecraft back in Release 1.3, it's going to be fun to finally explore these older versions without game-breaking bugs plaguing them.
This is just amazing...... Thank you for covering this! The ability of going to any version is one of the main reasons I prefer Java!
Finally betacraft will get some recognition!
2:06 let's go, my skin in an antvenom video (I built that statue)
yoooooooo that's crazy
Heyyy
@@mikogulu hey miko
I've noticed that Beta Minecraft, specifically 1.7.3 has a weird VSync issue that I haven't been able to fix yet.
When your survival world is now almost 12 years old and you realize, oh no I have gotten old. The amount of Terrain gen borders I have built separating the alpha terrain gen from the beta terrain gen and so on, is insane. Those projects took me months each as I continued to explore farther from my spawn chunks. The largest one is gunna be the one I am working on for the 1.18 caves and cliffs update. Separating all of those thousands of loaded chunks that pre-date 1.18s newer caves and newer terrain is kind of crazy. I am not even half way done with that task yet. Wish me luck.
(I have other worlds I have played in probably more than my original, I still work on monthlong+ projects in it every now and then)
My main wonder is if you can port the world's you make with this program over to the main game. If so, that would be interesting.
you just need to copy and paste the world file from betacraft to the normal launcher
Thank you for making this video it really helped out my channel that revolves around AlphaPlace LOVE YOU ANTVENOM!!!
shut up josh
@@haydenthirties4534 :c
Very very very cool. Finally, I can replay my favorites map without doing engineer works
Been Enjoying Playing on Classic Servers with betacraft, thanks for the video man.
Honestly, I prefer older versions because my computer that's super beefy (minus GPU cause you know) can run them with 60+fps, often averaging over 100 with graphics maxed, but anything past release 1.8 goes from 60 on max settings to under 30 on lowest settings in 1.16/1.17. I hope the next big update is a huge performance update cause I literally won't be able to play by 1.20 if they don't fix this
I can relate to this. My new laptop isn't working anymore and I have to use my old laptop from 2008 until it is fixed. I was able to play the newest snapshots on it though they are not running on a good enough performance to make them fun to explore. On older minecraft versions like beta I can even run a 2 GB server with me joining it from local host and other players joining from another network if the their client isn't sending too many packets and my device isn't doing any performance heavy random tasks in the background. But mojang are working on making the newest snapshots run on better performance. On the latest snapshot they made the game able to run on more threads than before making the terrain load way faster alongside the simulation distance option and more in the previous snapshot
I haven't watch your videos in like 1 year and a half and you are still a good youtuber
I love this so much! Thank you for this video, Ant!
That original-styled launcher for BetaCraft just gave me such a nostalgic rush, and actually reminded me I STILL have my 1.6 launcher exe somewhere on my storage drive. No clue how well it still works, but it just makes me feel kind of happy to remember I still have that, and more so to know there's such dedication to preserving and keeping functional the old versions of the game right down to the very first release we've ever been given access to.
Thank you AntVenom for putting this knowledge out there! Now, we await your response Mojang! What are you going to do about this problem?
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Probably nothing. I think AntVenom made a video about old versions not properly working on the vanilla launcher before and he also mentioned that mojang actually tried to make sounds work on early minecraft at some point and then they stopped supporting it again
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seeing /fly with the glass was so nostalgic
2:36 alphaplace pog
yes pog
I discovered this launcher a couple of months ago, fell in love with it ever since, thanks for spreading this project to more people!
1:05 Then it makes sense for them to just remove them from the official launcher. Problem solved
Or remove their versions from the official launcher, hire/work with the guys that handle BetaCraft and implement all of their work into the official launcher
I am currently using beta craft to play on an Australian server, and clearly i wanted to explore old versions, so i used it, and wasn't disappointed
Thank you so much for sharing this. I love to play the older versions and this will help so much. Stay amazing AntVenom and everyone. ^_^
Oml i found betacraft over 5 months ago- didnt know it'd blow up though
this is history Mojang really needs to save
based on the fact that microsoft is kinda limiting mojang on stuff i dont think their allowed to because of microsoft forcing people to spend money on new consoles and shutting down servers to force it (tbh im more thinking of the fact that texture packs and skins cost money and made for profit even when it used to be a very very big rule against making profit off that stuff)
2:13 I like how Ant is playing old version of mc, and how there is Among Us character
inb4 mojang just straight-up deletes the version selector from the java launcher as well
Give it a few years.
inb4 Mojang just straight up deletes Java Edition
Um it wouldn't be silly for a name as popular and as rich as minecraft to make sure their old versions are infact supported. Minecraft is no longer owned by an indie game developer in their mothers basement, it is now owned by a power house company that actually idolizes nostalgia and has gone as far as bringing backwards compatibility and crossplay between their platforms.
For playing Classic Minecraft, I think I still prefer ClassiCube, which is more of a remake with extra features than purely faithful to the 2009 experience.
Agree, it feels more like the real thing
Fun fact: you can join vanilla classic servers using Classicube if you use the IP.
@@xdeathcon from betacraft?
@@hellomine2849 yeah
I’m glad people are preserving old versions of Minecraft
3:40 it just works
And the best part of having these minecraft versions is that all of this just works.. It just works
Haven't watched AntVenom literally in a decade! Looks like the last video I watched of yours was a Farlands video from 2011. I was 13 at the time hahaha.
Good to see you still making quality content - it's juts as I remember, but better. Clint Stevens brought me back here, oddly enough hehe
*when you're so early you don't know what to say*
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Same
I don’t know about you, but I love to see the history of minecraft and how much it has evolved. Wonder what it will look like in 15 years
It will be probably dead at this point
@@tjgdddfcn if a game like Tetris can last more than 40 years, im pretty sure minecraft can lol
@@Yackalips well tetris was made when games were new and there were much less of them than now so tetris had almost no competition, but now there are millions of them and im not saying it to be dead like no one will play it but in those 10 years minecraft is alive it already had a downfall beacuse of small amounts of updates and one bad update can make the game die, when tetris was popular internet wasnt very good and games werent receving any updates and were sold physical copy only, now games need constant updates to keep the game alive and not have bad ones
The old alpha, beta, classic and infdev versions haven’t been in my launcher since I got a new computer. So I was forced to download another program just to play them
That's because the new vanilla launcher has an additional checkbox within settings that you have to check to activate "historical" versions.
@@AntVenom when i had my old computer i think that it must have been ticked when I got the launcher. Thanks for telling me I would never new to do that otherwise.
I'll probably never play these old versions, but in the name of video game preservation I am hugely in favour of this!