Java Edition Classic

Classic, is a title given to game modes released before Indev. It is the first development phase in Minecraft. This phase was unnamed until 28 June, 2010, when a blog post was written to name the development phases. Creative, and later Survival Game Modes were introduced in this version.

The releases of the survival mode in Classic were conducted in a test named Survival Test. It is a very early version of the game mode. The test had a points-based system, where the player gets points from killing some of the few early mobs. Even after Classic was phased out, the Survival Test could still be played until the 16th December 2010, when the website received a major overhaul. This mode was quietly removed from the website so people took little notice of it.

The latest version the Classic Creative game mode is, however still playable for free on Minecraft's website. It is no longer updated and only kept for historical purposes. According to Notch, he plans on "...slowly phasing it out. I won't remove it, though. Just hide it." It is playable in both singleplayer and multiplayer variations. There are mods which have been added in the multiplayer, making the game more varied in gameplay. Some special custom game modes like Lava Survival, TNT Wars or Zombies have also been created.

Because of its outdated status, it does not support many of the main features in the current versions such as crafting, inventory or any newer features such as dynamic lighting.

Advantages of Pre-Purchasing
Although this mode is free to the public, there are several advantages made available to those who have pre-purchased the game. Some of them are the ability to:
 * Use custom skins in both singleplayer and multiplayer.
 * Save maps made in Singleplayer Creative Classic to the online server.

Classic

Trivia
Here are some interesting facts about Classic mode (Single player).
 * The chance of finding any ore is so high that there is a 0.1 - 2% chance that the ore you're mining will never end, transisting from one ore to another or not.
 * Mushrooms are rare in Classic, too! Both kinds! (Brown being the rarest)
 * The distance in which you can place or delete a block is 6, (3 in Classic Multiplayer and 2 in beta (both))
 * Roses are actually usually found in groups of 40.
 * Yellow flowers in 30s.
 * The block span of the map is 256 blocksX256 blocks wide.
 * The map usually has 4 lakes at each side of the map, North, east, west and south.
 * Trees are always huge (35% of the time, the wood in the trees is 6+ blocks high.
 * It has 16 unique wool colors, which are now in Minecraft Beta, made with Wool and Dye (Which can be hacked into the inventory). These can also be placed in server map editors.
 * There is a 0.043% chance that you will find red mushrooms in a group of 22.
 * As of brown ones, that 0.043% turns to 13 mushrooms, Which is an extremely rare occurance.
 * All mushrooms are very commonly found under light levels of 4 and 5. Classic and Beta.
 * It's extremely rare, but lava can be found, as of version 0.26.
 * More than 95% of the game's caverns are underwater.
 * It's also very rare, but trees sometimes tend to end up with trunks higher than 11 blocks.
 * More than 99% of the maps generated in classic have at least one sand pit, bigger than 5x5x1 blocks.
 * Fact: More than 20 facts about classic mode are being told to you now, this counting as one.
 * The average cave contains no red mushrooms because ---
 * --- All the caves keep the exact same light level: 6.
 * This mode's rock contains mostly Gold. With coal a few percent behind that, along with Iron, 10% behind (on a scale of what you find in rock.) (Gold is 78.3%). ---
 * --- Dig about 35 blocks below spawn level and you got yourself a tasty gold sandwich wrapped with red mushrooms! (Usually rare in caves)
 * Near the edges of the map, Roses can come in chunks of over 50!