Playing "Minecraft" on Windows 98!

[@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

[@classicube]

Thanks for the coverage!

[@ejumper_09]

the legend itself

[@JustJory]

i like classicube

[@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!

[@RemyJustice97]

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?

[@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

[@herrobriam]

@@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.

[@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 :(

[@yazplayer]

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

[@KeatonSchmitt]

SAME HERE! My laptop can’t even load the game without some sort of lag 💀

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Eli_McD]

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

[@JamesJAKAZeldaboy14]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@andresbravo2003]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@Danyiaha]

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

[@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 😮

[@miwiki6]

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

[@tulilirockz]

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

[@bhasitl]

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

[@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?

[@guitarkid660]

Love The Backround!!

[@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.

[@TheOofaloofa]

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

[@teamok1025]

Finaly! Classicube getting recognition. Thank you MJD

[@Cornshiba]

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

[@verbatimc3]

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

[@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

[@tsakeboya]

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

[@Hyonicon]

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 :)

[@winlover37]

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

[@mylittleparody2277]

Thank you for this video. On to nostalgia now!

[@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

[@harry_stw7424]

Don’t know if this is deliberate but he sounds like a Minecraft villager at 0:44

[@CorranEveryone]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@RadicalBlur]

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

[@xboxfcontent_yt]

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

[@iliyastefanov312]

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

[@tboneanimatetwoaccount2094]

Loving the 60fps Michael!

[@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.

[@themechbuilder6171]

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

[@djperryhi9051]

Love your videos mjd keep it up

[@EmmBee27]

9:04 Made In Heaven

[@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. 😄😁🤗

[@yazplayer]

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

[@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!

[@DeltaAlphaZero]

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

[@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.

[@blainepalmerza]

Awesome video , Michael!

[@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

[@AlexXH]

Pretty good stuff, thanks michael

[@Tetr0id]

Crazy how good this runs on a 25 year old opperating system!

[@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

[@HarmonyNetwork1819]

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

[@mastergive71]

oh hi randomstranger@@HarmonyNetwork1819

[@ClampyStew]

this is a certified minecraft 95 moment

[@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?

[@Cyrisus]

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

[@TheErrorPlayer]

I've been playing Classicube before this video was released, nice

[@yousefslimani99]

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

[@cortesdomukaeditados9139]

Finally a Minecraft version that my PC can run

[@Y34RZERO]

This is really cool. I'd be willing to try this. I remember the days of minecraft just being a JAR file to launch. I played mostly from beta 1.4 to release 1.9. I didn't pick it up until 1.16. I remember in like 2012 the game ran really poorly on windows 7 on my Thinkpad T500(It was a freebie that I pulled from a dumpster and had 1 more month of support so I sent it in to get the bios fixed). The poor performance is what kinda pushed me to use linux more since it played better on Ubuntu.

[@soybean_56]

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

[@jasonhatt4295]

This brings back memories of Playing Minecraft 3D!

[@SteveFromMinecraftMovie]

ah yes I just love how a windows 98 can run Minecraft better than my computer

[@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

[@davecool42]

Boy do I feel stupid that I thought the title said Minesweeper. 😂

[@Qce-i6d]

I get the vibe that "Can it run Minecraft" has become the new "Can it run Doom"

[@JordanRyver]

The Wii version of ClassiCube is already out by the time I am writing this, so Michael, if you see this, then please make a video on it. Thank you!

[@zariyBG]

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

[@zariyBG]

Oh ok that’s logical Thx for the reply

[@TylerMcVicker1]

Do they have any intention of creating a survival mode? If so? I’ve got an idea….

[@pearism]

They have no plans on recreating Survival Mode, however, they're open source so you can modify it to your liking.

[@SqueezyTheOrca]

no they don't.

[@samuelhulme8347]

Original Minecraft Classic did not have survival mode so they won’t be having one here too (unless it’s been modded).

[@gangcrew7282]

Great vid! :)

[@greenpoison-q2k]

Fun fact: if you want you can put your own skin on a texture pack and name it char.png it will show your skin as the characther Hope you see this Michael!

[@mcp-hackers]

Lets make this dude famous

[@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

[@PRKLGaming]

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

[@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

[@wallyhackenslacker]

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

[@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.

[@thesilentobserver93]

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

[@yxles]

Haiku having low FPS might be because Haiku doesn’t yet have 3D hardware acceleration support for some if not all GPU drivers

[@yxles]

Though experimental support for 3D Acceleration is now possible but only for HD 7000 series

[@4uffin]

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

[@jnharton]

Why the heck didn't they just ship the files with (or embedded in) the executable?

[@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.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

This is layering a source of nostalgia upon an even older source of nostalgia.

[@electricmiragemedia]

Nostalgia lasagna. Nastalgna.

[@skandigraun]

It's always sad to see that there was a time when programs were fast written by competent developers instead of having that bloated steaming pile, where even windows calculator has a loading splash screen on a high-end machine. (And today these are so rare, that people are in disbelief that software can be actually fast)

[@Matt_Legend]

Bro my iMac with Minecraft classic is 60 fps?? And this is like over 100 FPS???? How my iMac is newer then this. ?

[@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?

[@wujkmusic]

That block selector really took me back

[@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

[@ianharris9260]

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

[@VexNovaYT]

Windows 98: **Plays game at 100+ FPS** My computer in 2023: **dies from slowness**

[@nathancool4908]

I would like to see the “ALL COMUTERS PLAYLING MINECRAFT” video

[@alpharaptor7510]

I can’t play it in my Mac because it doesn’t allow an authorise apps from the internet. Only from the App Store

[@RetroGamerOG_]

You should try running that on a copy of windows in that game