Playing "Minecraft" on Windows 98!

Minecraft on Windows 98?! Well, sorta. Today we're checking out ClassiCube - a custom client that aims to offer better performance on older systems, as well as some additional features.
ClassiCube: www.classicube.net/
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#MichaelMJD

[@AidanTheCross]

Classicube's community is booming now thanks to you, new players are joining like hotcakes. Thank you

[@thexdude]

I used to play Zombie Survival on there, hopefully the community is doing better than it was when I was over there. I was a bit of a troll back in the day but I saw my bearings.

[@AidanTheCross]

@thexdude Dude I found one of your bases on retromc, I sent you a message on discord asking about it

[@Tactical_Nuke0]

yo u single plus classicube overrated

[@AidanTheCross]

@@Tactical_Nuke0 Nah, not single, and classicube is alright, it is partially overrated

[@Tactical_Nuke0]

@@AidanTheCross yo u polly?

[@hobbitmobbit]

It's kinda crazy, but Minecraft's first release in 2009 is now closer to release of Windows 98 than it is to present day.

[@AnEverydayGamer]

Im glad Classicube is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Played for a good few years.

[@rainbowskeppy5292]

same

[@li_tsz_fung]

What makes it different? Does classic Minecraft not have multiplayer? I never played it

[@mootwo_]

​@@li_tsz_fung Classic MC did have multiplayer, but it's probably not super active these days (and I think you need a third-party launcher now) The biggest differences with ClassiCube to me are that 1. it's written in C instead of Java, which seems to help a lot with performance (I get 3-4x the FPS), and 2. the code's open source + mostly platform-independent, so you could get it running on a wide variety of systems also the cheats are nice for singleplayer lol

[@CorranEveryone]

Yea, i have my own server but i havn’t played for a while. I should really start playing more

[@MarioFreuend]

Yea, same

[@ExistingBone]

They even got that goofy walking animation from that era of minecraft, nice

[@4skep]

for people who dont know: he is a patreon supporter

[@lunaruniv_]

1 day??? *yea thats my time*

[@_b3nn__]

those mfs jumpin' diffrently...

[@EO-fv3wc]

I remember the animation of the guys you could spawn by pressing ‘G’ in a really old version. Just jumping around and flailing. It was amazing

[@FocksVR]

l u i g i w a l k

[@yotexr]

Sort of weird to think about how the time between Win98's release and Minecraft being written would be the equivalent of running a game from 2023 on Windows 8

[@yazezy]

wow finally someone who uses my operating system also I WANT to upgrade to windows 10 but i need product key

[@Varentex]

@@yazezy you can re-use your product key you used on windows 8, or just use it unactivated.

[@JoBot__]

@@Varentex They removed the ability to upgrade for free.

[@mastercheekswav]

@@yazezy You can install Windows 10 on your device as long as you have a USB key, just create a custom install media, its simpler than it looks. Google it, it really is quite easy.

[@oddjarb]

Thats crazy

[@haydenthirties4534]

ClassiCube is created in the C programming language, so it makes sense. It's mainly ClassiCube servers and the specific server softwares that build on the experience of the game, not the client itself. You could even add custom blocks using a server software such as MCGalaxy and have a lightweight Minecraft-like game with all of the modern blocks (but none of the functions).

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

On such older game versions the single player portion wasn't a 1 player server unlike new versions

[@minkiyina]

Hayden? The Hayfen from New The30s?

[@haydenthirties4534]

@@minkiyina Yes. Hello!

[@classicube]

Thanks for the coverage!

[@ejumper_10]

the legend itself

[@JustJory]

i like classicube

[@KatJustice97]

Wow the classic block selector menu 😍 wild to see this running so beautifully on such an old PC

[@ZerickKilgore]

Sorry to break it, but assuming you select "enhanced" mode (to join servers), unless you enable an option in nostalgia settings, it's modified

[@ZerickKilgore]

I have played this game for 2 years, I know of users that have played for longer.

[@4rumani]

​@@ZerickKilgoreok?

[@pawer_themaw]

that pc outputs more fps than my modern computer on any release after 1.0

[@themechbuilder6171]

i run 30 to 60 fps on version 1.12.2 :(

[@yazezy]

i run 40 fps average on the 1.20 update@@themechbuilder6171

[@Madisongs]

I just tried classicube in my iPad browser and it consistently gets around 60FPS! That’s amazing! My iPad browser has a lot of trouble with 3D games, so the fact that it could run classicube is downright shocking.

[@IWasntFound]

This could also run on Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51, but you need to do some stuff to make it work.

[@nemo9324]

but can it run on windows 3.1

[@IWasntFound]

@@nemo9324 no. 3.1 is a dos based version

[@justawhitecat]

@@IWasntFound all windows version (except the nt line) were dos based up to windows me. windows 95 and 98 were dos based

[@GeiPeeruPuutin]

i done nt 3.51 tho

[@pearism]

@@nemo9324 No, ClassiCube would need at least 32-bit to be able to run. NT 3.51 would be the minimum that is capable.

[@LinkDerg]

Oh yeah it would be pretty epic to see a bunch more computers being all connected to a server, potentially with a regular generated world. Could also try a little community event where you could host a server and allow other channel members to play around in.

[@ZerickKilgore]

not how the generation works, but try nas

[@juango500]

LAN PARTY!!!!!!!!!

[@ZerickKilgore]

just to confirm to you, i mean the server-side plugin

[@igiptm]

you should try connecting to Action retro classicube server, there are warps to normally-generated worlds that you could try

[@LinkDerg]

@@ZerickKilgore Oh alright I see. I mean im not completely sure on how the server generates the world and what other features are available since I haven't looked into this much myself. But it could be a good stress test for MJD to see how it is with a ton of players on in a non-flat world.

[@smyry]

Wow. I love seeing these clones run on hardware you’d never think it’d run on. (and yes please do the video on Haiku :D) Great video!

[@ZerickKilgore]

That's because it was made to run on it...

[@zbelios1623]

I think you'd like Druaga1's and SalC1's video on trying to run Minecraft (yes, the actual game, not a clone) on Windows 98

[@smyry]

@@zbelios1623 really? I’ll check that out too!

[@EO-fv3wc]

I would love to see that video where you connect all the computers running ClassiCube to the same server! I love ClassiCube and I’m glad to see it getting some appreciation. I love your videos and am so jealous of the amazing classic hardware and software you’ve got your hands on. I’m not sure I’d ever leave my home again with so many old PCs and the like to play with…. Also I am so excited for your Haiku video! Can’t wait!

[@lorygames]

This is an underrated channel. I remembered it being WAY more popular

[@Mainyehc]

Maybe it also fell victim to the stupid KZbin algorithm’s shenanigans?

[@lorygames]

@@Mainyehc probably

[@RealNeonPlayz]

​@@Mainyehcyep

[@IamEliMcDonald]

yeah! I thought it had mid-1mil to low-900k subs

[@AddiJay2397]

MJD's Minecraft videos are really good. I love watching them. Like I love the Windows videos but the Minecraft videos are a nice change of pace.

[@xero110]

Thanks for this video, I've played around with this a few times but didn't really look into it closely until now. The source code for this is great. All you have to do is set up a basic dev environment, clone the Git, and 'make' if you have an unsupported system. ARM, MIPS, SPARK, everything is on the table with this project and I had no clue until now.

[@j.w.techchannel]

Another very awesome project, it's great to see people working on bringing a functional port of Minecraft to 20+ year old operating systems!

[@thesmokingcap]

Wow! That's awesome! It would be fun to get onto a server with other classic pc players. I can't believe it runs so smoothly!

[@charliesretrocomputing]

Here's a ClassiCube tip for anyone with slow, retro systems that get below 30 fps: Open the graphics settings/video settings and change "Camera Mass" to any number between 1 and 5. I like 2. Then turn on Smooth Camera. This will make the game look a bit nicer and smoother on slower retro systems or old laptops like a 90s/2000s PowerBook.

[@Tripedite]

Every few days, Michael always has something interesting to show us.

[@djperryhi9051]

Love your videos mjd keep it up

[@blainepalmerza]

Awesome video , Michael!

[@JamesJAKAZeldaboy14]

As a classicube player, and friends with some of the main dev/staff team, I thank you for playing Classicube!

[@andresbravo2003]

ClassiCube really deserves it good to run on Windows 98 SE. well done.

[@tboneanimatetwoaccount2094]

Loving the 60fps Michael!

[@CorranEveryone]

I need to start my server back up, i might finally get some activity thanks to you

[@hblaub]

The channel ActionRetro used this ClassiCube a lot of times. And then MJD discovers it. Would be good for his old PowerPC clamshell stuff, too, I guess.

[@guitarkid660]

Love The Backround!!

[@TheOofaloofa]

I would love to see that and just see you and a few friends just goofing off on it.

[@mylittleparody2277]

Thank you for this video. On to nostalgia now!

[@AlexXH]

Pretty good stuff, thanks michael

[@fileshredder3361]

Really nice vid classicube is a really cool clone and is also compatible with classic Minecraft servers I believe it also used to have a survival test mode which I believe can be enabled in compiling

[@bhasitl]

The video with all your pcs networked together in ClassicCube would be hilarious 😂

[@teamok1025]

Finaly! Classicube getting recognition. Thank you MJD

[@miwiki6]

i've played classicube for a while and now i predict that it will have many new players thanks to this

[@artu3359]

Please do! Haiku is an amazing OS, it has a bunch more application support than you'd expect!

[@tsakeboya]

You have the same vibe you had when you where at like 50k subscribers and i love that about your channel

[@DaniiiAy]

I used to play ClassiCube back in the day (2016+) nice to see some more recognition

[@anon_y_mousse]

I think the thing I love most about this project even existing is that it's written in C. Since it's done compiling, I think I'll go play it.

[@gangcrew7282]

Great vid! :)

[@themechbuilder6171]

i would love to see all of your pcs connected to the same server!

[@Jim-Jam]

Never get tired of mine craft videos. Classicube is excellent. Waiting for a 3DS port.

[@How_Is_This_A_Name]

Minecraft is already on 3DS though 😮

[@thekawaiicookie3267]

It's amazing how they can take these old versions of Minecraft and port them down to work in older operating systems and then build a community from it

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

Finally! My beard has gotten so long waiting for Mojang to bring Minecraft to my Windows 98 PC!

[@agentburningbutters3655]

I managed to run Classicube on the Google Nest Hub the other day, Classicube is actually the best alternative to Minecraft Classic too! I am so glad that Michael MJD's attention went straight into Classicube. This games pure gold for it's compatability

[@RocketWire]

Woah, how did you do that? I assume just using its browser? Or did you sideload it?

[@yousefslimani99]

OMG Thanks for making this Video you made my dream come true!

[@me234234]

Im pretty sure the guy on the channel Action Retro uses it and has even mentioned it when he does and its wild to see these projects and to see people actually get use out of it and actually show it off to others who may be unaware

[@prayagsuthar9856]

I just wish you could play _modern_ Minecraft on an older system.... Though that's probably infeasible for a number of reasons. Still, it's cool to be able to see this in action!

[@MisterSheeple]

I think the latest version that can be played on Win9x is like 1.8. someone made a KZbin video on it several years ago

[@pabdira]

for those joining the classicube community now, i really recommend you to install the CEF plugin and play the Not Awesome 2's parkour maps, I believe you can just find the tp on the hub, but "/g shrine" should do it

[@xboxfcontent_yt]

I think his windows 98 computer is faster than my daily driver

[@Cornshiba]

Its suprising seeing it run with over 150+ FPS on an old machine

[@Stennishh]

i remember being a classicube member, i used to roam around the Not Awesome 2 server for a year or two, i stopped playing tho.

[@wallyhackenslacker]

Classicube aside, I love that floppy disk wall you have there!

[@Cyrisus]

OK, I've only watched the first 5 seconds of this, and holy crap that floppy disk wall is so cool.

[@KuromiloverX3]

As a user featured in the announcement for heads being displayed on the forums I thank you for getting more eyes on this great community :)

[@noahboyy123]

Love ur vids

[@suntannedduck2388]

Very cool. Also Haiku yes please excited for that. I still prefer using Cursed Fabric mods on Beta 1.7.3/other mods. For Classic MC though sure.

[@theflipflapchannelcreatedb8160]

Never knew that you can only play open source versions of Minecraft like Classicube. Mine at the other time I had was Minetest, another Minecraft clone I used to play when I was 13 years old back then. Ah the nostalgia is just fighting back to it's full glory, especially with Windows 98 involved. 😄😁🤗

[@yazezy]

one year ago my 1 ram pc didnt support minecraft :( but i have new pc and i got minnecraft!! before i got minecraft i used minetest but it still lags

[@verbatimc3]

us classicubicians are proud that you did the review of the classicube.

[@iliyastefanov312]

NO WAY. I’ve been waiting for someone to talk about classicube for sooooo long.

[@AHumanWithNoHopeForKids]

Been playing cubecraft singleplayer since i love classic mc and im in love with it

[@zariy2164]

Nice video as always ! I really like your content ! But I don’t really understand why the game download the audio on a server ? It would simpler if it was directly included in the archive especially for older systems

[@guzzdoritos4708]

It downloads straight from Mojang servers. It's to avoid copyright issues

[@zariy2164]

Oh ok that’s logical Thx for the reply

[@4uffin]

I’d love to see you do a big lan party with ClassiCube lol

[@PRKLGaming]

Please yes I want to see a video of all your computers on the same server!

[@ReeseRiverson]

I'm sure this would run perfectly well on my Windows 98SE desktop, but I just had to try it on the Pentium II laptop. My Compaq Armada 1750. Unfortunately the poor laptop is struggling with this at 1FPS. lol Brings me back to when I was challenged to run an actual Minecraft server on my Windows 98 system ten years back, it worked. Though the world generation was a bit on the slow slide but it worked.

[@winlover37]

I'm amazed, I was expecting sub 30 FPS not consistent 60 and above. Hats off to the devs here!

[@amnesiac-original]

That was interesting. I need to try it

[@wujkmusic]

That block selector really took me back

[@thesilentobserver93]

You've done BeOS. You really aught to do Haiku. It's pretty freaking cool.

[@TokyoEmi]

OMG I LOVE CLASSICUBE! I used to play it on my first computer my parents gave me it was running windows xp this was about 8 years ago. and its currently on my taskbar in windows 10

[@jasonhatt4295]

This brings back memories of Playing Minecraft 3D!

[@phr3dmcc0y]

does classic cube have villagers and nether and dragons, etc? how similar is it to modernish minecraft? is it only digging up resources and making things?

[@mikethewolfboyo]

Adding http-no-https=True to the options.txt file seems to make logging in and playing on public servers work on Windows 9x

[@JoBot__]

I pride myself in being able to guess exactly when your outro music will start with an error of only about half a second at most. :D

[@davidsalmons80]

Yes to that video idea that would be interesting

[@maxtech66999]

Yeah I really want to see the idea you mentioned !!!! Also, I tried to install Haiku on VMware, and it dosen't worked... I don't know why... anyways, I'm hype for the video of it !!!

[@Zen-Koru]

you said it will run on MacOS X 10.3, what version will run on that one? I have an old Ibook running 10.3 but I cant find a classic cube ver for it

[@DeltaAlphaZero]

Depending on the world you make, this can become a Benchmark

[@ClampyStew]

this is a certified minecraft 95 moment

[@matticolo]

Can you make a video about WiiCraft someday? Thanks, love your channel!

[@techmcboi]

Noice video again! I have a video idea for you and I’ve got the title: “installing windows onto a miyoo mini”

[@RocketWire]

That would be amazing, I wonder if it's possible

[@techmcboi]

@@RocketWire I mean you def could get like 3.1 in dos but idk about making it the primary OS lol

[@soybean_56]

I’m a simple man, I see MJD Minecraft content I like 👍

[@aleksandar_techtattoo6337]

wallpaper is amazing :D any chance that you can provide us a link ? Thanks in advance man ! grate video as always

[@ThePolishTailsFan]

I wonder if someday the time will come and someone will play Minecraft on Windows 1.0

[@ZerickKilgore]

Prob. not classicube, it is 32 or 64-bit only

[@randomstrangers0541]

@@ZerickKilgore Actually, it is currently in development for MS-DOS, and certain game consoles.

[@mastergive71]

oh hi randomstranger@@randomstrangers0541

[@fabiosammy]

Did you try with a proper "hardware" for the W98? This hardware is more like a WinXP era. What about an Pentium MMX or Pentium II? 32mb of ram? PCI VGA with 2 or 4mb?

[@christianmirto1597]

Dose it work on windows 3.1? By the way I'm massing around on the protoweb on windows 3.1 end I discovered that mirc steel works on it

[@ianharris9260]

Where can you find the classic cube files because I've looked everywhere and I can't find them

[@InitialiseDisk]

Macintosh guys Action Retro did a great video about Classic Cube mainly for macs. He’s also got a server and everyone can join that.

[@K9arcade]

Panther?? I've had issues getting it to run on Tiger 10.4.11. Is there a specific build it needs??

[@shaden489]

So when are you gonna run classic cube in mine craft via emulation?

[@relt_]

You should do a crossover with Action Retro, he keeps putting minecraft on old macs, you put minecraft on old pcs, its a perfect match!

[@jphgamer1468]

What driver are you using for your fx5200 card?

[@bumperarchives]

Ahh yes, ClassiCube! So many memories (i started playing back in 2020).

[@bumperarchives]

Also, i remember experimenting ClassiCube on Windows 98 (in Virtual Machine) back in 2022, and the average fps I got is 15-30 fps. Also multiplayer doesn't work in that time, so i asked the developer and they immediately fix it afterwards.

[@MESYETI]

i started playing classicube in 2020, and i still play

[@Ricar2002YT]

This is hella cool

[@steelsofliquid]

Wow, I've always wanted to play Minecraft on my HP Pavilion a735w (it runs Windows 98 and somehow isn't able to run Windows XP, despite originally shipping with XP Home). It's a shame I can't hook it up to the Internet. There's a lot of things I'm missing out on not being able to connect my Windows 98 computer up to the Internet...

[@juango500]

I'm not familiar with that model, could you hook up an usb extension card to it? does it have a floppy drive?

[@StupidGamer360]

Hope you can eventually connect it to the internet, I have an HP Pavilion too and it came with windows xp media center edition! I got the restore cds to install xp on it again recently and I might do it soon. If you don't have ethernet, you could get a wifi card for it, hope you eventually get windows xp to run on it too

[@nplsm]

Hey michael, you might want to see SalC1's video on the same topic with modern Minecraft, I believe some real computer tweaking might get MC to run on a genuine machine!

[@ninjojninjoj635]

You could make a fan event where we all can join on a server with you. (I'm sorry for my bad english)

[@thelakeman2538]

Og minecraft classic from 2009 is still playable for free officially on the web, but classicube on web seems to be much better, it can even run on my android tablet and give a consistent ~60 fps, while the official minecraft classic complains about not having a keyboard and refusing to run. Ofc both will run perfectly fine on the desktop unless you're running an older os.

[@Geologem]

cuteness overload!!!!!