Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ever wondered how to play Minecraft's early development versions for yourself? We've got you covered. In this video I walk you through a few different methods for accessing and playing the older versions of Minecraft.

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Table of Contents:

00:00 Introduction
02:40 Downloading
03:44 BetaCraft
06:00 MultiMC
10:23 Minecraft Launcher
13:24 Outro

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Discord: https://bugman.cx/discord

Resources:

Omniarchive Discord: discord.gg/h45wxnE

Omniarchive Packs:
■ archive.org/details/Minecraft-JE-Pre-Classic
■ archive.org/details/Minecraft-JE-Classic
■ archive.org/details/Minecraft-JE-Indev
■ archive.org/details/Minecraft-JE-Infdev
■ archive.org/details/Minecraft-JE-Alpha
■ archive.org/details/Minecraft-JE-Beta

BetaCraft Launcher: github.com/Moresteck/BetaCraft-Launcher-Java/releases
BetaCraft: betacraft.uk

BetaCraft Proxy Java Arguments:
■ Classic until Beta 1.8:
-Dhttp.proxyHost=betacraft.uk -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true

■ Release 1.0.0 and later:
-Dhttp.proxyHost=betacraft.uk -Dhttp.proxyPort=11707

MultiMC: multimc.org

Get Minecraft: minecraft.net


Note 12/Apr/2021: The original edit of this video included a segment on MineOnline. As of April 2021, that project is no longer active and that part of the video has been clipped out.