Classic (16h 7min, may 16, 2009 y – nov 10, 2009)

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Classic was the second phase in the development cycle of Minecraft (Java Edition), following pre-Classic and preceding Indev, and was the first Minecraft development stage to have publicly released versions. This phase was named "alpha" by Notch during its development (hence the "a" in the version number) until June 28, 2010, when a blog post retroactively labeled it as "Minecraft Classic". Creative and later Survival game modes were introduced in this phase.

The release of Survival mode in Classic was conducted in a series of tests named Survival Test. It was a very early version of the game mode. The test had a point-based system, where the player could acquire points from killing some of the game's first mobs. Even after Classic was phased out, Survival Test was still playable until the website received a major overhaul on December 16, 2010, where it was quietly removed.

Classic does not support many of the main features in the current versions such as crafting or a proper inventory. Indev through Beta 1.7 did not contain a "creative" mode, so players continued to use Classic for building things that would take too long in newer versions. The addition of Creative mode in Beta 1.8 rendered Classic functionality obsolete.

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