Minecraft Timeline

By mekkyb
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    Pre-Classic

  • rd-132211

    The first playable build of Minecraft, originally called Cave Game. Created by Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, it only allowed placing and breaking cobblestone blocks.

  • rd-132328

  • rd-20090515

  • rd-161348

    Another key Pre-Classic build. Added saplings, early block/item tweaks, and marked the end of the Cave Game naming era — by now, it was called Minecraft: Order of the Stone, soon shortened to just Minecraft.
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    Classic

  • Minecraft became paid

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    Indev

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    Infdev

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    Alpha

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    Beta

  • Common Minecraft