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It has been suggested that this page be merged with Java Edition Classic 0.0.23a_01 (remake) into Java Edition Classic 0.0.23a_01. [discuss]
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Reason: The version from 2009 is old and not relevant anymore, while the remake is still available to play. The 2009 version could still be described in a section.


For the 2019 remake, see Classic 0.0.23a_01 (remake).

0.0.23a_01[1] is a version of Classic released on July 11, 2009,[2][3] at 14:35 UTC.[4] It is the last version of Multiplayer Test. This version is not available in the launcher, but has been archived elsewhere.

Changes[]

  • Added a keymapping to control render distance.[5]
    • Players can once again press F to toggle render distance.[6]

Remake[]

To celebrate 10 years of Minecraft, a JavaScript remake of this version was uploaded to the Minecraft website and made it possible to play multiplayer with up to 9 others through the browser. This version can be played at classic.minecraft.net.[7]

Trivia[]

  • Notch planned to refactor the version naming system after this version, removing the second zero and the "a", becoming the format "<major version>.<release number>[_<patch number>]". As an example, since this was the most recent version at the time, "0.0.23a_01" would be called "0.23_01" with such a system.[2] However, this version was never actually given this name outside of this example.
    • This format was also used somewhat in Beta.

Gallery[]

References[]

  • IRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090711.log. July 11, 2009 (UTC−5).
  1. https://youtu.be/geoJG1cAFgM
  2. a b "Changing the version system"The Word of Notch, July 15, 2009
  3. "There are a lot of cool things like this on"The Word of Notch, July 12, 2009
  4. IRC logs: "A9:34:54 <08Notch> ok, _01 will be up in a minute or two" (14:34:54)
  5. IRC logs: "A9:32:05 <08Notch> moving it to an F-key, though [...] well, I could just make it mappable.." (14:32:05 UTC)
  6. IRC logs: "A9:39:26 <CheeToS> yay, thank you for putting the f key back" (14:39:26 UTC)
  7. "Embrace the Past with Minecraft Classic" by Tom Stone. Minecraft.net, May 7, 2019
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