The Untold Stories of Minecraft's Nostalgic Wallpapers

[@darrenberkey7017]

Hey Vincent! Thanks again for featuring my wallpaper in this video! You did an amazing job! 😄❤ It was cool to learn about the origins of the other wallpapers as well! Cheers! 😁

[@arandomcommenter0135]

It's the man himself

[@Alfido_]

very cool

[@jetboy531]

Hello man

[@thanh2425]

Hi

[@spingleboygle]

wow

[@Davybackdead]

I’m genuinely sad that the Steve on vacation saga is lost

[@bleghcat]

The Steve attacking skeleton wallpaper was an classic

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

This is why I am grateful for the existence of the internet archive, a lot of other things would be lost forever if it wasn't for it

[@gabrielv.4358]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@Deinobi]

Wouldn't it be possible to recover it using the Wayback machine?

[@Davybackdead]

@@Deinobi did you even watch the video

[@murshtin]

Hi, Murshtin here! Great research!

[@fastvincent1]

Hey, thanks! Glad you like the video

[@cartoonhyperfixated]

Yoo

[@olie304]

Hey, do you happen to have any of your wallpapers that didn't get archived by any chance?

[@braziliantsar]

​@@olie304Watch the video

[@OfficialFrenchGovernment]

Hello Murshtin!

[@YerribrineAnimations]

I started my "career" making Minecraft personal wallpapers, some of them got viral and stolen by youtubers, but I got inspired by most of this! thank you for this great investigation.

[@fastvincent1]

Oh wow, I've seen your work! It's really good. Interestingly, all it takes is a wallpaper or something small to inspire a career out of it

[@ponteirodorato]

I remember exactly how I first saw every wallpaper: - I saw Steve Came Back From Vacation printed on a magazine. - Steve On Vacation appeared on different tutorial videos. - Broken Diamond appeared as the background when installing a pirated launcher, I think it was eXtreme or something like that. - Mining in the Sunset as the thumbnail for a Brazilian youtube video about building a potato house out of wool.

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

they're all classics

[@paulotejante]

🚨cazum8 mentioned 🚨 cazum8 mentioned 🚨

[@Micah_YT]

"When installing a pirated laucher" why are you on there💀

[@ponteirodorato]

@@Micah_YT simple answer: i'm brazilian (and i was also a kid at the time) won't lie I still use one (not the same from this comment), but yeah, what can I do when just one game here is expensive enough to prevent me from paying the bills? maybe i would buy it today if it was still owned by a small indie studio, but now that it's just microsoft (a trillionaire company), can't really see the reason for doing it.

[@Micah_YT]

@@ponteirodorato Uhhh shhhh don't tell anybody

[@omegaaxd]

The artomix seed that was used in Steve on vacation was used in very popular Minecraft survival series by "Blowek" and "rezi" it was called " Minecraft survival jungle island". I speculate that Murshtin used it because it was in the series, maybe if you could dig trough Blowek's and rezi's old series you could find cool seeds that could help finding old wallpapers and its source. Idk if that helped but have a nice day

[@limcw6092]

Kids these days have no idea how nostalgic these wallpapers are. I used to didn’t understand why my parents liked those old timely songs but the feeling I get from those wallapapers are exactly what they felt as well. Truly good times

[@tcgb311]

The amount of research you put in this is incredible! I cant believe you actually reached out to the people who made these wallpapers to get theur stories

[@christopher9727]

.. Jesus Christ saves He had mercy on me he can save all who all seek him today He made away through calvery repent of all sins today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Holy Spirit can give you peace purpose and joy and his will today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@spectral8240]

I remember having many of these as my desktop background slideshow on my dell laptop back in 2014 when I was younger, this video gave me a lot of nostalgia. Keep up the great work Vincent!

[@christopher9727]

... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@Serin_000]

I remember getting a laptop for Christmas from my parents in 2017, when I booted it up, signed in, and got to the Home Screen. That same steve in the field was there from when my parents changed it to that after knowing I had a love for Minecraft. I could never get that moment back and I wish I could.

[@notmonotoli]

your parents are a legend

[@Donkey_Inferno]

[@yazzindev]

This video brought me goosebumps. I can't describe it otherwise, it's just pure, and I mean PURE, nostalgia. The outro you made with all these screenshots were almost like a flashback of my own life, it really felt like I could see my younger self looking at these pictures at different times in life. Damn. What an amazing video.

[@christopher9727]

. Jesus Christ saves He had mercy on me he can save all who all seek him today He made away through calvery repent of all sins today Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Holy Spirit can give you peace purpose and joy and his will today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@Donkey_Inferno]

Thanks for the feature!! Love the video. It was fun learning about the other iconic wallpapers and what their creators are up to now!

[@fastvincent1]

Ayy, glad you like it!

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

Really beautiful video, and the final chapter of this video is a great reflection on why these wallpapers harbor so much nostalgia.

[@egnogg07]

I used to use the steve in the feild and the creeper windows wallpaper on my dads ipad in like 2013

[@craftman_yt]

Man am I glad someone covered this. These images have been in my mind since forever...

[@Tayphix]

Just so you know, at 10:20 you should not use the word "infamous." Infamous means being well known for a bad reason. For an example, a well known criminal is infamous.

[@fastvincent1]

Oops, I'll make sure to remember that in the future lol

[@TheStarBot]

“The world”

[@Tayphix]

@@TheStarBot Oops

[@chikinonfrydai]

same with the word “notorious”, people make same same mistake with both all the time lol

[@Leon_LF]

I love lost media videos like this like even if they are the most silly and unimportant topic they are so interesting to watch idk why

[@FictionalADDON]

The ending really hits deep. A very high note Vince.

[@jess648]

i was not expecting too but when i saw the old mc posters it hit HARD

[@JoostArchives]

I had no clue there was this much sauce behind minecraft wallpapers. Thanks for showing me!

[@cloud6705]

I suggest the broken diamond ore on the community post I don't know if you saw it from that comment but thank you for covering in the video.

[@mtdoge8885]

Man, simpler times, love seeing vids based on olden minecraft, warms my heart knowing that it's still being talked about

[@mtdl3x]

Woohoo! Poland mentioned! Happy to know my country is part of iconic Minecraft history ❤

[@SUS_Developer]

same

[@SpaceKadet1454]

ok?

[@leriku2270]

Steve laying on the bed on a small island was an OG too

[@MilkGuyMG]

This video gave me nostalgia. Keep up the good work!

[@RenderingUser]

i think the broken diamond ore was the first pfp i had on youtube. man this is wild

[@amneetthedelicioussandwich8921]

LOL, I had all of these downloaded back then! Thank you for investigating them!

[@azizahfirda4994]

good old days of Minecraft

[@xer0nn]

holy shit i remember searching for something like this a few years ago and found nothing, good job brother

[@a-aniki4374]

POLAND MENTIONED 🇵🇱💯👑

[@atlash]

POLSKA GUROOOOMMMMM

[@TheRageBolt10]

JESZCZE POLSKA NIE ZGINĘŁA 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

[@Rovant]

This is a very well made video! It's interesting to hear these stories

[@beezer0382]

Dude this is an awesome video so far, and I am only 2 minutes in. Good work!

[@fastvincent1]

Thanks

[@chmelys]

Oh yes ive been searching for a video like this for literal years! Thank you!

[@SamuelVII]

Fantastic video mate, made me remember the time i still played Minecraft and had all sorts of different wallpapers in my PC and some of them where the ones you showed on the video, i hope you get bigger and bigger here on KZbin, you do a great job

[@cashview.shorts]

Whenever I think about me playing Minecraft 8 years ago, it just feels… weird. It feels like there is a heavy object on my chest not letting me breathe and it feels mildly wonderful. I may not relate so much to Minecraft but I can proudly say that Minecraft made my life get to where it is now. I love everyone involved in the making of this beautiful game which has such a massive fan following and a loyal one too. Much love, -Sam.

[@higashikatajo-steak7141]

The first time i saw that steve sitting on the feild was on the windows disc cover that my uncle bought. He thought it was an official Minecraft disc but it was pirated because it has the teamExtreme launcher. Its still an awesome experience

[@thediamondgamer8337]

I have one for them as my pfp lol, but yea these wallpapers bring a sense of nostalgia

[@christopher9727]

... Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@Donkey_Inferno]

I love it!

[@VincentBell01]

Brooooo... this pics in the end were really tough. Im from Russia and now we have a wаr, bad news, etc. This memories give me some warm and good feelling about that time, when I was a kid =,) Things will never be the same yup

[@fastvincent1]

Glad you enjoyed the video. It may seem tough currently, but good times will be ahead, just gotta keep going 💪

[@VincentBell01]

@@fastvincent1 thanks)

[@fizzy4742]

Great video as always

[@kabozyUA]

I'm very pleased that I'm not the only one who still remembers and loves those times

[@BGTech1]

There was just something so great about being a kid changing the school computer background to one of those

[@Stane_FR]

Wow... the memories ! The one with Steve in a field really hard !

[@DanielTee3001]

6:02 When I heard that song i literally had the biggest nostalgia moment. It was 16 years ago and somehow i still remember.

[@East9981]

Amazing video, i would like to see another video with the stories about the one with Steve hugging a creeper and others💯

[@RedKuwlt]

These are hung up as posters in my geography class and I get a smile on my face everytime I see them.

[@cimicanga]

11:29 Wow. When this part started I didn't even blink until that scene finish nostalgia hit me hard at that moment...

[@Techno-Universal]

I also many years ago owned a shirt that had the mined diamond ore wallpaper printed on it! :)

[@yoelhgo02]

I remember that I was a big fan about object shows and playing Minecraft with mass amount of mods when I was a little, some random avatars about massive BFDI fan, Minecraft Steve at Roblox, I also play rocraft.

[@xrayessay]

Lovely video Vincent!

[@shaqnyiro5406]

There is also the one where Steve and a creeper are sitting next to each other on a ledge by a lake. Used to be my phone wallpaper.

[@tdog8600]

Was about to comment this!

[@Pawlash]

i wonder if someone will find "steve on vacation" seed - nice vid

[@Aviii_]

The "Steve on Vacation" seed is already there in the video as Artomix But I'm assuming you meant "Back from Vacation" which I do hope gets found eventually, yeah 😄

[@Kelswagsinandballin]

I remember seeing the first wallpaper, it's look fantastic

[@TrapOnTheMoon]

those wallpapers make me wanna play minecraft

[@raphcrafter]

The ending got me kind of emotional ! Very wise words

[@AluneTheShaman]

I remember the Ravine skeleton being from a video.

[@crusaderforchrist]

Are you thinking of popularmmos intro?

[@JJWarriorBlade]

You know this was very informative; I was also wondered were they come from.

[@swilleh_]

I hope you'll make a part 2. Your content is amazing!

[@fastvincent1]

Thanks, I have something planned that's familiar to this type of video

[@firstrobotlegacy1289]

@@fastvincent1 My first thought is Tmnt wallpapers

[@Spunro]

i had a schoolbag and pencil case of the steve fighting a skeleton image in primary school 😔

[@21Shells]

I remember seeing one of these wallpapers used on an invitation to a Minecraft themed birthday party my friend had, around 11 or so years ago.

[@Fearlez_11]

minecraft documentary is far more interesting for some reason lol

[@CinderiumYT]

After seeing this video, I immediately switched my wallpaper to Steve sitting against the diamond ore.

[@Pasi123]

I had the diamond block wallpaper on my secondary PC in 2013, actually it still has it but the PC hasn't been in active use in a while. I also had the Windows 7 creeper wallpaper on one of my systems.

[@quackitiy]

what did you use to create the glowing rainbow outline in the intro/first few seconds of the video? Do you use aftereffects or premiere pro for this? Was it a paid plugin? also very cool video

[@fastvincent1]

I used a neon outline effect in DaVinci Resolve: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHSUanyuhLShhtE

[@Sillimant_]

I never knew about the windows 7 version, but I did have the ipod version of the cracked creeper. in fact, I posted it on instagram at the time and the post is still there

[@AlexJR122]

Also another honorable mention the wallpaper with Steve and a creeper siting together on like a porch with a jungle biome in the background

[@DoopamineHit]

It was 2011 when I’ve discovered Minecraft thanks to a KZbin video of someone making the KZbin logo, it was love at first sight. Remember being so naive that had to ask on yahoo ash how to place blocks, then I was the griefer type of gamer, I think because of my repressed sadness at the time. Made amazing friends online, remember moving to Italy and being bullied because I was the only foreigner in school. Some of them online friends also I’ve met, some we still in contact now but we don’t have that much time for playing anything. It amazes me how far Minecraft gone, going to groceries and seeing Minecraft clothes and stuff always bring back memories and tears of joy. Amazes me that still brings people together and makes me so happy that they can feel the same as back then now, a bit sad that there’s no more hunger games servers though. 😆

[@adamenko-adam]

How about the one where Steve and a creeper sit together?

[@fastvincent1]

I remember that one

[@fastvincent1]

Murshtin's video is now unprivated! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zpu3qaZ-mrl5fZI

[@sanitylost4271]

I really just watched a video about Minecraft wallpapers at 4am and after over ten years from last time playing Minecraft

[@notufon1415]

Literally just thinking abt this yesterday and yt show me this today

[@arm2750]

Miło się oglądało doceniam prace włożoną w ten film i wow nie wiedziałem że Polak stworzył tą tapetę dziękuje za dostarczenie mi nostalgii z tapetami ^^

[@MrAnt-sf2sk]

Gotta start hunting for the missing wallpapers like it’s the Shrek Pilot

[@FrenzyStudiosYT]

The Steve in the field wall paper was used for my close friends funeral 🥲

[@samuraijackoff5354]

Truly beautiful

[@twotailedfox3349]

i used to have that "Design 1" you can see at 7:54 as my background on the school macbook i used to have, that one brings back a lot of good memories....

[@Kristijan_]

Damn, I never really thought about the lore of the Minecraft wallpapers!

[@ofer_]

Thank you Vince.

[@AmberAnimatesToday]

Oh my god and the zelda ocarina of time kokiri forest song 😭😭😭 more 7 yr old nostalgia for me

[@boredsv]

Nice editting man

[@fastvincent1]

Thanks

[@QuaninVN]

Finally a KZbinr that underrated

[@hearts4yayah]

i feel old asf cs i had all 3 of them flicks as my wallpaper when i was a youngin😭😭

[@DifusAgenda]

Editing is cooking🔥

[@xXMartineitorXxI]

I used to have a ps3 theme with all of these, might re download it.

[@6feetthing]

There is so much history to minecraft

[@andrewle8233]

Not gonna lie, as someone who watched my brother play during alpha and who started playing during beta 1.4 when I was 10, some of these are actually younger than I thought, could have sworn some were before full release, but then again some of my nostalgic minecraft stuff is actually a little after full release, memory isn't perfect and it's in a similar timeframe of my minecraft obsession.

[@TheDuperTrooper]

peak fastvincent content

[@tfr]

absolute mountain peak

[@PixTron515]

Came for the memes, left knowing that Minecraft has its own tablet of Gilgamesh

[@thiccyj2682]

My childhood... thank you

[@Mainnn1]

A polish person made the first one. Wow.

[@TheShiftCreations]

GG Minecraft creation communitie!

[@DecafToaster740]

This takes me back to 2010.

[@SCP_Foundation...]

The end hit hard

[@JuhoSprite]

I love those ol razer wallpapers or in general RGB wallpapers, they all look so bad but it has some charm to it I guess, maybe nostalgia. I specifically remember those mario galaxy once with some RGB wave effects on it, it looks so bad

[@rexarn781]

Bro! You're telling one of the most popular desktop backrounds was made May 13th? That's my birthday!

[@user1183]

These need to be made into in game paintings

[@ayeuplink1428]

Wild I had all 3 of thoes in the thumbnail then different ore versions of the diamond ore one

[@gCoder_]

Thank you 🎉🎉🎉

[@Yqe-]

Me when proper research???

[@RealMilkMan255]

These were either the banners or video thumbnails of every minercraft youtuber ever back in the 2010s

[@superluckyaki]

Mojang should give a custom cape for all of the people that made these iconic wall papers

[@notzachpowers]

Interesting video vincent

[@theoleom]

11:50 DR TRAYAURUS!!!