they FOUND Minecraft Alpha 1.1.1?!

[@lunasorcery]

Y'all have no idea how tempting it was to post a screenshot of the "are you sure you want to permanently delete this file" dialog :3c

[@biscuits3988]

The only version of Minecraft I can see us getting now is 0.0.14a_07 It was only up for 5 to 7 minutes and only one screenshot exists. I consider that version the holy grail due to the timing of when it was up.

[@Moresteck]

@@biscuits3988 false, it was out for 2 hours and 7 minutes

[@IshaanOP07]

That one button could have changed history forever...

[@cervichthyoquine]

I know it's late, but happy pride!

[@AntVenom]

In this thread: "How she collectively could have given a dozen people heart attacks all at the same time" 😂

[@FitMC]

I appreciate the length of this video

[@RyanTheTan]

Fit Fam

[@sorenskousen7468]

Still bald?

[@MrBelles104]

Leet

[@Freeaviator]

I do as well its a nice length

[@_Killkor]

Funny Leet

[@Pixelcraftian]

"And then... she deleted it." That had me so scared LMFAOO

[@MrBelles104]

I had no expression. In the video he literally showed scenes of 1.1.1 that he recorded. That means it wasn't deleted so I wasn't surprised.

[@panginoonn]

WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE

[@NatetheNintendofan]

Seriously you're everywhere now you're everywhere I go you're just like OwO Justin Y and Christopher Moon

[@avak2101]

would be a good meme, ngl

[@blueninja012]

me too, up until this point I honestly didn't even care that much about it, but when he said that my heart sank out of my chest and my brain began racing to try and understand the meaning of his words, then a moment later he said just kidding and I felt like I had face planted

[@CaveMiner1215]

Another fact about Alpha 1.1.1: This was the first and only update to include Notch's own experimental calm4.ogg music file. It was removed from the game download upon release of Alpha 1.1.2, however those who had already downloaded Alpha 1.1.1 would still hear calm4.ogg being played, since the update didn't remove it for players that already had it. This is quite the monumental discovery indeed. Thank you for the detailed and informative video!

[@AntVenom]

Unfortunately, I believe the Wiki’s info on this is incorrect. I think calm4 was around c0.0.23a, but it was quickly overwritten by calm2

[@limitablesnow8979]

@@AntVenom thanks antVenom for the pog video

[@CaveMiner1215]

@@AntVenom Hmm I didn't know...it's not every day that the wiki is incorrect. Thanks for the correction!

[@CaveMiner1215]

@@AntVenom I did some searching, and the wiki's page on Classic 0.0.22a (not 0.0.23a) does mention the addition of calm4.ogg to the game. So it appears there is a major inconsistency in the wiki regarding this topic, since two other pages ("Java Edition Removed Features" and "Music") say it was added in Alpha 1.1.1 and removed in Alpha 1.1.2.

[@Conlinkin]

@@CaveMiner1215 yeah, those two pages are outdated. If you go on the alpha 1.1.1 page, it doesn't mention the addition of calm4. It takes time to update the history parts of the wiki after we discover new information.

[@HeavenlyCelestia]

Absolutely fascinating to think that Luna was probably the only person in the world with that specific copy with those specific bytes of code that nobody else had. That's probably an exaggeration, but it's still incredibly lucky to find someone that has that specific version for the time it was up, especially considering people's hard drives have died or people have deleted it it in the time it took.

[@dalmutbrothers]

Why no replies until now

[@iDeactivateMC]

This is HUGE, such an awesome discovery

[@EscapesAndRemoves]

Oh hey it's you!

[@PaveReal]

Love your videos!

[@cyberseai9305]

Yo idiactivate more like... *cheese*

[@User-xd5po]

Hi anthony

[@detectivecalf4615]

How finding a useless version made 10 years ago huge?! Sometimes I can't understand the thinking behind this

[@riceexe]

"And then, she deleted it" gave me a heart attack, glad it was found! Goes to show how a random tweet from 11 years ago can be so beneficial to the archival community

[@andreiz112dn5]

Same

[@djaydeved]

"Goes to show how a random tweet from 11 years ago can be so beneficial to the" stan comunity see how easy it is to warp some one's words into making any statement made of half assed quotes that dont fully paint the full statement? yeah, thats kinda what the stan comunity dose

[@DessertArbiter]

@@djaydeved bro what

[@SaadDan]

@@djaydeved ok but who asked

[@DessertArbiter]

@@SaadDan i think its a copypasta

[@TheMisterEpic]

Awesome story :)

[@1tz_m4rs]

You still haven't even watched the whole video :/

[@crystalcactuis.w]

Hi

[@crystalcactuis.w]

I was running to my phone when I got the notification

[@lordbacon2656]

[@Tqken]

Its been 4 minutessss......

[@AugustusBohn0]

if this video made you interested in getting better at backing up your stuff, here's an easy rule to follow: the 3-2-1 rule. you should have 3 copies of anything you want to save on at least 2 different types of media (think hdd versus ssd) and one backup should be in a separate location (in case the worst case scenario happens and your house burns or floods or something). If you do this and keep your backups up to date you're much less likely to lose important files than the average person.

[@asheep7797]

Add a 4- to the beginning, meaning you should have 4 different internets on 4 different planets. Just incase a solar flare happens.

[@MassiveMaleMonkey]

@@asheep7797 ofc

[@williambrown2135]

@@asheep7797 add a 5 before that, you should have 5 alternate universe versions of yourself follow the rule

[@Some-Dude220]

@@williambrown2135add a six before that, make 6 dimensions of 5 different universes just in case mass existential destruction happens

[@Xnoob545]

I do not have enough money to buy all that backup storage, my family makes 400 a month

[@BroderickAmato]

12:01 That nearly got me! 😂 Imagine if LunaSorcery actually deleted it right in front of them

[@Speed001]

He's a monster

[@kxstiss]

I used to be a fan, i now am the whole air conditioner unit

The best commend

[@cyberseai9305]

Air conditioner? Pathetic! i grown so much im now a helicopter

[@razer1158]

Had us in the first half

[@somegamer7268]

@@cyberseai9305 I was once a hurricane.

[@LuigiCotocea]

Certified!

[@ramen_9588]

Minecraft is like never finished, we are still discovering more and more things even though the game is like over 10 years old already.

[@1tz_m4rs]

You mean 12 years

[@cyberseai9305]

Its iceberg history has like 100 levels and were just in level 1

[@jerungbiru55]

I wonder if minecraft will eventually got its last update

[@PichuHasStems]

@@jerungbiru55 Minecraft is the best selling game of all time, owned by Microsoft and being worked on by Mojang. With all these in mind, do you really think they'd let Minecraft die?

[@diodio1936]

@@PichuHasStems well if people die and got replace by worse worker then it will definitely die

[@ecave3435]

"She deleted it" It scared me to the point that... My heart jumped

[@hypenheimer]

we do a little trolling

[@itsphoenixingtime]

antvenom does a considerable amount of buffoonery

[@ricardoantoniogonzalez9724]

Me too

[@Eyevou]

I laughed quite hard. ngl.

[@arnavkumar6658]

Dude I almost froze

[@Docroke.]

the guy who found it earned an "Archievement"

[@Andix-music-official]

yes

[@Curlyheart]

Arch-Vile achievement?!

[@Aviertje]

Man, as nice as a video as this was, I feel you missed out on the best way to wrap it up. Decompiling alpha v1.1.1 and comparing it to alpha v1.1.2, and then comparing the nature of the bug that made Notch push out the update. I mean, bugs are meant to stick around and be hard to extinguish, so I feel the world deserves a post-mortem of the bug that became a part of legend.

[@sbgssecondarychannel3206]

It's crazy how a single tweet can save a nostalgic Minecraft version that the whole team was trying to find

[@djaydeved]

yeah but a tweet can also ruin one's life.

[@droson8712]

@@djaydeved everything has a pro and a con to it. true.

[@Doublemonk0506]

It's also horrifying how one button could have killed alpha 1.1.1

[@trevorbeatz5741]

@@djaydeved true

[@rainzel]

@@Doublemonk0506 technically its 3 buttons but eh it can still ruin it lol

[@XelanaterEllevanox]

You did very well in telling the complete story of Alpha 1.1.1. :D

[@theformer1337agent]

@ad but he did, u replyed just now

[@XelanaterEllevanox]

@ad I can promise you I did watch it. Since I was apart of the video, I was able to see a "sneak peak" but I still wanted to be here when it officially releases.

[@XelanaterEllevanox]

It's all good, no worries.

[@dillwaters]

XELANATER

[@KevinIsNice6984]

the dislikes are from the people that had a heart attack when you said “she deleted it”

[@musicbeatz6201]

Timestamp plzzz

[@iceyblue6644]

@@musicbeatz6201 12:08 No promblem

[@iceyblue6644]

@@musicbeatz6201 That's the timestamp

[@noelblack8159]

Sadly dislikes are now private

[@SVD978]

@@noelblack8159 Not for me they aren't. I can see, that, as of the time I'm writing this comment, there are 305 dislikes

[@ACodingWoof]

Incredible story, I wonder when EVERYONE is gonna understand the importance of archiving software just as they preserver historic remains in real life.

[@73_65]

Probably well after it's too late for a significant amount of software of greater importance than old versions of videogames

[@TheLukesterGaming]

That was actually incredible, not just the whole story/build-up to the big reveal itself, but that moment you all just stood around in Multiplayer on Alpha 1.1.1 with Luna herself right there, none of that would've been possible without her discovery!🤯👍👏

[@sl1mj1m38]

So glad I could be a part of this... ...by designing a spreadsheet

[@porktuga1232]

Agree

[@emifro]

Every little bit helps!

[@goose1168]

@@emifro yep every bit helps.

[@VHS_Serenity]

Nice

[@minecrafting_il]

I mean... it's something

[@Shayzis]

Oh my gosh the grey screen apocalypse, that takes me back! I remember hearing about it and seeing this exact image

[@XENON2028]

atleast there is a fix

[@luviana_]

It's great to hear you can relive this visual bug whenever you want now with the archive downloaded.

[@KlaroNebulous]

This is just wild! Thank's Luna for not deleting a huge history of Minecraft, she made true history for the game ngl

[@gui18bif]

among us

[@Supernovae2763]

@@gui18bif sus

[@Reichstaubenminister]

"she"

[@TheBussyAnnihilator]

“She”

[@robertkiestov3734]

He*

[@grassguy1154]

12:08 WHATS WRONG WITH YOU LOL

[@lightyagami3492]

This is exactly why i want to be able to go back in time. To preserve lost media or to observe and document lost events to history and get it on tape if possible. I want to be an observer of the past, not one to actively try and change it.

[@gameo7]

The fact that we've gotten into a point in time where we're uncovering Minecraft's past like archaeologists and historians....man I feel old LOL

[@18rocksthegames78]

How you said you started in alpha, I personally started playing when I was three or four on an iPad;so around late beta to early release versions and you can not tell me they weren’t the glory days of mc

[@18rocksthegames78]

Oh hey thanks for the heart ant

[@241Cookies__]

DAAAMN, IPAD BETA BRINGS BACK MEMORIES

[@18rocksthegames78]

@@241Cookies__ yep, i watched stampy play on console and I remember seeing him make a nether portal and I still had the nether reactors and spent at least 15 hours (not straight) trying to figure out how to use the reactors

[@menopriezvisko94]

How old are you?

[@18rocksthegames78]

@@menopriezvisko94 I forgor the exact age.l but I’m thirteen and will be fourteen in March so four makes sense I was so young I was scared of skeletons

[@bluestone321]

Thanks Omniarchive crew for going to such lengths to restore Minecraft’s history!

[@EnergeticSpark63]

hey

[@izzyhope58]

The concept of lost media is SOOO fascinating to me and archiving old versions of games movies shows pilots etc us really important to me

[@silverdiamond2098]

I didn't know Moresteck also is part of the omni archive team. He developed the beta craft launcher that I use to play old minecraft versions which are not available in the official launcher. As soon as I found an internet article that said alpha 1.1.1 has been found I immediately checked the launcher to see if the beta craft team already added this version.

[@SaeadaYudha]

Learning my country history [x] Learning Minecraft history [✓]

[@anar4732]

ME

[@coocoo7021]

hashtag relatable

[@switchyduckk]

Sounds about right

[@pumpkin6192]

Ikr

[@tiburciodmax]

Learning both [4 parallel universe]

[@dasaiyantv8483]

TFW when one random tweet Luna made 11 years ago would lead to Omniarchive finding Alpha 1.1.1

[@Iwak_asin]

.

[@kartiklatthe7677]

That old logo with "Mojang Specifications" is so nostalgic

[@crumstopher]

This prompted me to try Alpha 1.1.2 on the minecraft launcher and I discovered that it's also pretty broken. The shadow for dropped items appears like 16 times on a block for some reason and saplings also drop randomly from trees that haven't been cut down.

[@MuzikBike]

Leaf decay in general was freaky in alpha. If 314rft happens upon this comment I'm sure he'll explain.

[@DrDingsGaster]

Man it's cool af to see these old versions of minecraft. I started playing on classic in the browser and bought the game in alpha at some point when it was cheap and I can't believe there's been over a decade of minecraft already.

[@lucasVP_]

‘Twas all but a legend… The legend of the lost alpha, breath of the dragon

[@3Canibus]

"She Deleted It!" My jaw hit the floor brudda. Then nothing but laughter

[@meino6465]

Very interesting! It really makes me think, what things right now will be ancient history lost to time if we dont archive them?

[@luviana_]

Memes.

[@thenoseguy]

Wario's butt

[@asheep7797]

idk, minecraft pocket edition v0.15.5 alpha? just spewed some numbers out of my ass.

[@blicharski8249]

it was confirmed a few months ago that HalfOfaKebab passed away at the age of 20. may HalfOfaKebab R.I.P.

[@allelahh]

what?? how?? what happened :(

[@dragonrider4253]

this is an incredible story. I wish i'd have watched this sooner. It's incredible that this piece of history still existed to be archived for all to enjoy.

[@Br0kenEffects]

I almost died when he said" Then, she deleted it."

[@JL608.]

I still can't believe that DEJVOSS predicted the exact date we found it.

[@ChappyMonster]

Wow. This video is amazing. Keep it up antvenom!

[@Vienna3080]

The craziest thing about this is the fact Luna still had access to her 10 year old twitter account and actively still used it

[@ARandomSpace]

@@olegrazbeg ... Most rational people delete their Twitter after seeing The Toxicity.

[@Zie-Zwei]

@@ARandomSpace yes

[@Zie-Zwei]

I wont even date to make 1

[@Ryan-uv6ky]

The alpha days was possibly one of the most remembering charms of the entire game. The bright green grass, the music. Everything about alpha seemed almost perfect.

[@ItsJustSomeGuy]

The saturated textures are the best, in my opinion

[@ZUnknownFox]

imagine being the person to have the last known forgotten piece of history and not even know it.

[@duketravers9706]

The worst thing is you probably are.

[@the-archive-64]

So proud to be a part of Omniarchive :)

[@iwononoconchol2372]

This is amazing how dedicated to their favorite game minecrafters are

[@kirbstagoontheaxolotl]

This is an update that introduced our universal peace symbol in servers as well as other core mechanics, yet the version was lost for years. It's incredible how history can be lost then found again

[@SimplySora_]

I love these videos, I find the topic of recovering thought to be lost versions of a game is just so damn interesting to me. Can't wait to see the day when we have every single version recovered!

[@MinecraftDigger]

Thanks for using the alpha 1.2.1 screenshot I found!

[@JustJamesNotJerry]

You made my heart drop for a second when you said “and then, she deleted it”

[@Synthanarchist]

That's some good news to hear. Congrats to Luna and Omniarchive For Founding This Ancient Version

[@klank218]

"And then, she deleted it" * heart stops *

[@FishyExists]

Glad that he was joking

[@Lefty7788tinkatolli]

0:10 - Yeah I can imagine it. I remember before 1.7's new launcher there was no way of accessing these older versions.

[@minecraft12lol]

except for changing jars in the bin folder , but it was uncommon to impossible for anyone to save a jar just for that purpose.

[@brittondallape5662]

Havent seen one of your vids in so long love the new logo

[@ElonTusk.]

I legit knew he was gonna make a vid on this as soon as I saw the news.😂 Good job ant venom :)

[@whitebeartigtig]

I'm happy to have seen the entire process and the screenshots before any of this was public information.

[@3dsonsuce01]

when i heard that you were making videos from 2011,2010,etc. i straight up went to check your videos, your creation date etc. i used to watch you since my childhood back when i was 6-8 years old. it's nice seeing you again for the first time in years.

[@donaldduckith6792]

That giggle is glorious. I want to hear more of it!

[@camila_lt]

Just remember, there is a reality where Luna deleted the file once found, and the team of Omniarchive got mad

[@craycraywolf6726]

This timeline has hope after all

[@professorvatcraft]

This version is like a mystery which minecraft hidden from all the community. The effort that people put into this is unreal. Thx for document about it :)

[@stala9204]

11:55 the v1.1.1 thing really bamboozled my brain in the background cause it looked like normal minecraft text which looks 3d but it's 2d (but technically 3d)

[@MuzikBike]

as the builder of that you're welcome

[@PsychedeliKompot]

The opening shot at 2:15 of that valley surrounded by steep hills is why the Alpha and Beta worldgen was the best.

[@SwaginatorX]

8:41 Oh my god the nostalgia. I remember playing during that time.

[@hamdamohamedjaafer8260]

This is such an discovery ! This is why I love this game, there are more and more secrets to find

[@NicoAW17]

11:35 thats so close, holy cow.

[@jesusyurbard1128]

glad your channel didnt suffer the same fate as others from your time, great documentaries as always

[@TealScarab]

people who find persue, and dig for these old versions of Minecraft remind me of the people who find obscure, underground 70's heavy rock albums, really neat!!

[@thebluender980]

Imagine notch just sitting there before releasing 1.1.2 and saying "it's fine no one will care"

[@TCM1]

Epic video, didn't realize before how much effort it took to find this version.

[@annmarie1114]

This is exactly my kinda story. I'm studying Library Science right now, with my primary passion being Archives and Records management. Preservation of old stuff!!!

[@ratchicken8159]

R.I.P Lewis "HalfOfAKebab," 1998-2021 he will be missed

[@Velocifyer]

wdum?

[@ratchicken8159]

@@Velocifyer Lewis "HalfOfAKebab" created the onmiarchive project and died in 2021

[@some_random_merc]

Video length 13:37 If you don’t know what this means it was a well known number especially with og gamers in the early 2010s which fits the alpha version

[@dillwaters]

7:52 Xelanater is one of my closest friends online. i even made a vid with him. nice to see that he's in this video

[@jerungbiru55]

Minecraft community never failed to amazed me.

[@ElNeroDiablo]

Holy hell that was a ride, glad to see another holy grail of Minecraft version history claimed and another step made to having a complete archive of the game's history.

[@crazy_adventures6326]

Ant: "Then, she deleted it! JK!!" Me: "They had us in the first half, not gonna lie."

[@jamar-from-afar]

I play 1.1.1 everyday. I've been playing it for the past few YEARS.

[@leovillant768]

Nostalgia activated. I really hate myself for having cleaned my old harwares.

[@FunAngelo2005]

now we need to find the other lost versions

[@MuzikBike]

hell yes

[@FunAngelo2005]

@@MuzikBike POG

[@KevinTheMetalhead]

Easier said than done

[@minecraft12lol]

@@KevinTheMetalhead Yes. Especially with people trying to fake versions

[@barracuda1]

What are the others versions

[@Jackson-ll5zg]

I think I might have a lost version too. 0.0.23a, but I can't confirm it yet though. Because how do you convert the .jar file into text like at 11:18? Thanks!

[@AntVenom]

email me @ [e-mail] with the jar file, and we can look. If it's very specifically 0.0.23a, and it's found to not be modified, it'll be a new discovery.

[@Jackson-ll5zg]

@@AntVenom sorry I had somebody else just look and it’s 0.0.23a_01. But there’s somebody who’s trying to make a tool where you can search for specific files (like .jar files) in the Google search engine. Which would make things a lot easier. But he says that he doesn’t have the time work on it. So he wants somebody in the archive community to. Here’s his KZbin account: CursedCrussader And the icon is a cat. Thanks!

[@verylostdoommarauder]

"Then she deleted it" Jeez, that's a way to wake someone up.

[@voratheexplorer6442]

On the one hand, I'm impressed that they did it. On the other hand, I'm chuckling at the fact that they spent years searching for a version of the game that got discarded because of a crippling bug and quickly replaced. But hey, I guess that's how the game works.

[@darkswordsman0633]

The time archive shows 21:53 = 9:53 p.m. not 8:53 p.m. I'm not surprised by the miss... translation?, conversion?, but regardless is a common occurence. For anyone who doesn't use the 24 hour clock, often called military time, just subtract 12 from the hour slot. Hope you find that trick useful :D

[@GameBearCartridge]

i know this comment is a year old but this just changed my life, thank you for that trick omg

[@goldeer7129]

I saw no one talk about it, but the discord message at the end OMFG

[@1ups_15]

12:07 almost had a heart attack

[@exkdvs]

This thug pro youtuber is starting to post a lot of minecraft content

[@Respectable_Username]

And here is a perfect demonstration to use source control and tag your releases! Makes this all much less of a pain in the future

[@chromylon6244]

I played this version at eight years old when it came out. I never knew it went missing.

[@neskur5693]

Do you remember what you played another alpha versions?

[@smellthel]

How come I never hear of these searches until they’re found

[@TomyTabby]

10:32 i got shivvers when i saw that text

[@Shadow_Symphony]

Very fascinating! It’s amazing how games can bring people together like this.

[@MottBotMinecraft]

I wish I had gotten into video making back in these days rather than the 2015-2019 era when interest was at an all time low. I was still playing the game way back then, but didn't have the means or the know-how to production. Videos from then feel so homely and nostalgic compared to modern releases

[@cadenpozzy2456]

first hearing the phrase "Minecraft one point one point one" gave me shivers somehow. this is just an awesome video, super well made.

[@zkiller1236]

Rest In Peace HalfOfAKebab

[@screbulous]

Truly amazing, that some "people" have managed to find this beautiful thing. EDIT: you're welcome :)

[@axys6771]

what do you mean by "people"

[@hero3104]

@@axys6771 it’s a alternation of a spam comment from jshclatts video

[@EmeraldBat67]

@@hero3104 No it's spammed more on other channels too, im pretty sure this type of comment has been here before Schlatt posted that video

[@hero3104]

@@EmeraldBat67 it originated on jschlatts channel

[@djaydeved]

@@axys6771 "people" he probably meant ABSOLOUTE LEGENDS

[@suki_shii]

when you said "then she deleted it" i actually gasped out loud and ignored the laughing

[@buzzlightyer2948]

the fact that luna's original post was made at 13:37 when read with a 24-hour clock is somewhat fitting

[@painwght]

at the time i watched this video i clicked my phone by mistake and the clock is 1:11 LMAOOO