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3D Shareware v1.34 is an April Fools joke release, officially called Minecraft 3D Rediscovered.[1]
Background
According to the developers, Minecraft 3D Shareware v1.34 is an old version of Minecraft from 1994 of which only a handful of copies were ever made, one of which was discovered amongst all the rubble lying in the basement of Mojang's old offices. According to the developers, Minecraft 3D Shareware v1.34 was "a masterpiece of its time" featuring "cutting-edge technology that won everything from GOTY to the Oscar for best supporting actress". [2]
Additions
General
- Boss Mode
- Pressing B will show the a drawing which seems to be made from a simple paint editor.
- Screen size
- The screen size can be increased and decreased with the key F7 and F8 respectively.
- A border with the dirt texture will decrease or increase, depending on the screen size.
Items
- Red Key
- According to its lore, it "opens Red doors"
- Blue Key
- According to its lore, it "opens Blue doors"
- Yellow Key
- According to its lore, it "opens Yellow doors"
- 3D
- According to its lore, it is "tasty"
- Eating it in survival mode will show a picture of the developer cast of Minecraft.
- 3D Shareware MS Paint drawing.png
Boss Mode
Changes
General
- Loading Screen
- The loading screen at first will appear similar to a command prompt displaying "By 1991-1994 Mojang Repair and Software... Loading Minecraft 3D" and several other pieces of information, shortly after this prompt the screen will contain a rotating version of the Mojang logo that appears large in the center of the screen, and presumably one of the minecraft developers saying "Mojang!"
- Above the loading and title screen will display "UNREGISTERED VERSION" in green text against a red background.
- Title Screen
- In place of the "Singleplayer" button will instead display "Select episode"
- In place of the "Multiplayer" button will instead display "MODEMPLAY(TM) clicking this will then display "Blip blop" and then clicking once again will display "Nej!" (No! in Swedish) until the player reloads the title screen.
- Next to the splashes will display a large image of a rotating 3D logo.
- Pause Screen
- Clicking the "Give Feedback" button will show a message telling players to "send us a postcard" containing the address of the Mojang AB office.
- Exit Screen
- When exiting the game, an additional screen will appear that imitates a command prompt.
Gameplay
- Pop-ups will appear randomly saying "Next disc required", similar to the "Minecraft Demo mode" pop-up.
- Upon selecting a "episode" and difficulty,
Blocks
- Has a 2D model with fire above which always faces the player, similar to a fireball.
- When closing a barrel, it will cause an explosion if empty, otherwise the barrel closing sound will stutter endlessly.
- Will spawn randomly troughout the world.
Sounds
- The Mojang jingle heard when starting up this version is a parody of the SEGA jingle, most commonly heard during the early 1990s.
- In place of the traditional clicking sound made normally when clicking on buttons in the menus, a more explosion-like sound will play.
- All sounds have been converted to sound more "8-bit".
Trivia
- 3D Shareware v1.34 is not supported due to being an April Fools' joke, and therefore issues affecting it will be closed as "Invalid" in the issue tracker.[3]
- This version has the same data version with 19w13b, despite being incompatible.
- The only created world in this version is named "MoJang Presents" and saved under "shareware" (seen with other versions).
- Attempting to view "MoJang Presents" with the current version will cause the game to crash.
- The game always runs the demo mode, even if no
--demoflag is present, which explains why no Realms button exists. - Inside the JAR file contains a
sound.sysfile under theassets/minecraftfolder. - Color phrases of the keys (e.g. "Opens Blue doors") are translated to the selected language of the game.
Notes
- ↑ April 1, 1994 according to the news post, April 1, 2019 according to .jar signature
References
- ↑ "Minecraft 3D Rediscovered" – Minecraft.net
- ↑ "Minecraft 3D Rediscovered" – Minecraft.net
- ↑ MC-147193
