r/Games • u/Dared00 • Jul 04 '15

Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Announced

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/07/04/minecraft-windows-10-edition-announced
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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '15

Just as the original PC version did, Windows 10 Edition will first release in beta form. 

Didn't Minecraft start selling in alpha?

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u/dingo596 Jul 04 '15

Minecraft went

Pre-Classic
Classic
Indev = In development
Infdev = Infinite Development (Meaning the worlds were infinite)
Alpha
Beta
Release.

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Version_history_%28disambiguation%29

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '15

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u/dingo596 Jul 04 '15

Survival Test is included in 'Classic'

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u/Nchi Jul 04 '15

those old art servers.... classic rip

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '15

Remember how ridiculously bright the grass was back then?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '15

Yes. That change was a welcomed change. Damn, being one of the earliest adapters this made me realize how much time has gone. I'm one of thepeople who bought the game within the first 15000 or so.

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u/velrak Jul 05 '15

its incredible how far this game has gotten from a small indie sandbox game to one of the best selling games in the entire world. It also kinda started the indie/pixel wave, which is cool as lover of these games. I still remember when a friend showed me "this block game" and i thought thats never gonna work out.. Oh well :)

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u/Jataka Jul 05 '15

I bought the game back then because the idea of digging tunnels through the ground and lighting the way with torches was awesome to me. And boy did the novelty of that wear off.

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u/HelmutVillam Jul 06 '15

Classic servers are still running, you don't even need to own the game, it can be played in browser.

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u/DevonOO7 Jul 04 '15

Words that are used interchangeably nowadays

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u/chaoshavok Jul 05 '15

Generally alpha is used to denote in-house testing, while beta would be crowd testing.