What is Minecraft's "Golden Age?"

[@sludgeskin]

I think everyone's golden age is different, mine was during the Xbox 360 TU1 world. I was very poor growing up so I constantly replayed that demo. my parents eventually saved up and got us the game and i remember not even knowing diamonds were a thing until my dad found them and we all went apeshit. I remember when they added endermen, I was playing with a friend and we saw the little box pop up and it said 'enderman, don't look at it' and we were like HOLY SHIT SLENDERMAN and hid in a small village house until the sun rose, freaking out. for me the golden age was when memories were made and everything felt new.

[@Hudsonfu]

this. mine was 2013 era Pocket edition.

[@AlexMThurman]

360 yeah! I’m sad my 360 died so I can’t play my old worlds anymore. 😢

[@vennin7781]

I feel this comment in my soul. That TU1 Xbox 360 version will stay with me till the day I die.

[@voiddog5743]

same bro

[@omnicutelcatl5281]

So was mine, I played minecraft for pc at a friends house and I wanted the game so bad, when the 360 editoon was announced I was hyped because I had a 360 and that's how it all started

[@Drem]

The time I felt the wear off of the "golden age" was when the horse update dropped. They just seemed so out of place and needless at the time haha

[@SKINGRAPH]

Dude same. Even though horses are almost 10 years old my mind still considers them part of the "new stuff"

[@wingedharmony]

I find that really funny given I've a strange soft spot for 1.6.4, and tend to see that as the cut off of the golden age right before the massive terrain and biome overhaul in 1.7.

[@DeKevers]

Absolutely

[@glassofwater281]

I remember when Acacia trees were added, I started playing a little before that

[@mazda9624]

I still remember that update. It was 1.6 in the spring or summer of 2013, right? I can't remember if that was the one that added the new creative music or not, but to me the big shift was the very next update 1.7 which added all the new biomes that was the first version of Modern Minecraft to me.

[@Keksdoktor]

Honestly my Golden Age is just the time were I could play the game with my friends, cousins or even brothers without too much worries. Now everyone has demanding jobs and some even have kids. It's just not that easy to play together as it used to be, especially as an adult you have the constant pressure of beeing producitve as well.

[@iammrksmom7896]

it will never be the 2010's again😞

[@carnage0685]

that's the choice you make when you have kids lol

[@garfield5667]

i love finding smaller, but high quality youtube channels like this

[@binguschondo]

thanks garfield

[@MidnightTheKitten]

thanks garfield

[@someguystudios23]

thanks garfield

[@0nnnnnnnnn]

thanks garfield

[@user-ke3li4yr7r]

thanks garfield

[@henrycgs]

I think the game has multiple golden ages. A good indicator of a "golden age" is that modders tend to settle on it - like 1.2.5 or 1.12.2. The game feels stable, and players are used to the feature sets. Then youtube (and now, twitch) starts brewing content and people have fun. It's a bit of a cycle.

[@Spooglecraft]

i agree, the golden ages seem to be the ones with all the mods. looking at my multimc, i do indeed tend to spend time in the versions where modding was prevalent, those being 1.4.x, 1.7.10 and 1.12.2, to the point where other versions get a vanilla instance at most and not much attention. even when i do vanilla building, i do it in those highly moddable versions, even if it's just for some basic mods like a minimap and worldedit

[@WinVisten]

And 1.6.4, 1.7.10. ESPECIALLY 1.7.10. I was actually going to say the exact same thing. People seem to be more nostalgic for 1.2.5-era Minecraft though, at least from what I've seen.

[@lichen8855]

Well said!

[@icantthinkofaname4723]

I'd like to add 1.16 to that list. It was similarly right before a major update that broke everything(caves and cliffs), and was one of the biggest updates in history.

[@SouthernHavoc]

Minecraft has never truly had a golden age for me. It has always been a game that I have been able to come back to. I have played off and on for almost a decade and even today I still play it with friends. Every time I play the game I find something new and honestly that says a lot about how it truly is the most replayable game imo. Anyways if you read all this, thank you and I hope you have a great day.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Agreed decline is usually just perceived

[@spore4ever91]

Totally agree! I barely played for a few years (mostly 1.6 to 1.12 release) but when I hopped back on board with 1.13 it was better than I ever left it.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

@@spore4ever91 1.13 was superb

[@DialecticRed]

I played from Java from 1.2 to 1.9, and then stopped for awhile and came back in 1.14, but my first memories with the game and the ones that are most nostalgic for me are the earliest versions of pocket edition. They much more closely resemble beta versions than release ones. I enjoy both old and modern Minecraft, but to me they are two different games that I enjoy for different reasons and expect different experiences out of. I love playing 1.19 and exploring the gorgeous terrain generation, building complex farms and redstone machines, automating the world as much as possible, and having a more casual experience where you can sleep through the night and gather resources rather easily. I also love playing beta 1.2 for the forced challenge of surviving the night due to beds not being added, the relative lack of more automated systems indicating that every block you break and place was gathered and refined by hand, the lack of sprinting making mobs much more threatening, the fog providing an eerie atmosphere, the characteristic loneliness from a lack of villagers... I actually kind of enjoy it as a psychological horror game, although that definition is a bit more intense than the actual feeling I have. But basically, I adore the way it feels, just as I adore modern Minecraft, but the feelings they evoke are vastly different and in my mind make them effectively different games.

[@Dojafish]

That means the game is always on its Golden Age .

[@eliad6543]

Hands down my favorite old Minecraft video right now. Instead of just swimming in nostalgia and giving empty, circular or cliche explanations for the allure of old Minecraft, you actually gave a cohesive way to explain why it happens, how it's characteristic of a singleplayer sandbox in general and why modding your own game from the "golden age" onwards is a path that makes sense to some people. Good job, you organized my thoughts on it to an extent where I'm considering making a video of my own trying to outline the concept more clearly. Also, my "golden age" is release 1.8-1.11, so there's that (even tho PE Lite was a banger)

[@sirvalhart7464]

i backup the 1.7.3 golden age cut off theory. it's when some really big mods got their last updates for YEARS so i was always constantly putting my version back to that one. this is a great video!!!

[@sirvalhart7464]

also your hair is magnificent 11/10

[@binguschondo]

thank you!! and i’m glad you agree with me! there’s definitely a big vibe shift in mods from that point on. i’ll always remember the yogbox being the first modpack i played, but the updates past beta always felt weird

[@Youcican]

1.5 - 1.8 will always be by favourite versions of minecraft just the simplicity of it

[@spiin1663]

playing 1.6.4 right now. i tried to play b1.7.3, but its just too different for me to like. i'd play it if it had more blocks

[@JustJory]

1.2.5 is the golden age for me ngl. Its one of the versions im most fond of. Even though I started on 1.0.0

[@wrg_101]

I spent the most time playing 1.6.4, 1.7.2 and 1.7.10 (mods)

[@ferrujadoo2548]

1.5.2 has a special place in my heart

[@VinnyUnion]

1.8.9 goes brrr 1.7.3 nice too

[@aurrickan]

i got into minecraft a little later into its life around 1.7.10. for me that's the golden age, where minecraft felt the most like minecraft. a big part of that was the fact that modding stuck with that version of the game for a long time, and there were a ton of cool mods for it.

[@dawntwilight]

I'm the same, with starting around 1.7! There are these images in my mind of servers I used to play on that are now lost to time... That version really did feel the most like minecraft.

[@Illusionistofthecourt]

Haha same here. I remember playing a lot of faction, towny server back when they weren't microtransaction elements being put into them. I stopped around the time when I heard Microsoft acquired minecraft, remembering how big of a deal it was. I stopped there because I got bored but also I have a bad feeling how microsoft is going to handle the game (and I was right), but I have played with my cousin console in recent years and I think while the additions of the developer were fun the microsoft dirt is there and it's sad to see how much they're willing to taint the game for their money grubbing scheme.

[@z0mborg8]

Agreed, I first started playing quite a bit earlier, but I stayed on 1.7.10 modpacks for aaaaages, there were so many excellent mods, many of which either didn't get an update for the next few major versions, had changes made that I didn't really enjoy so much when they were updated, or never made it to newer versions at all. And that also seemed to fall right into a time when minecraft was at a high point in popularity and I happened to have a good amount of free time to enjoy it.

[@chara_cant_sleep]

The golden age for me was actually the 2015-2019 period, which many people consider to be "The Dark age" as Minecraft was falling in terms of popularity. But to me, this was when I had the most fond memories with. My family didnt have a computer powerful enough to run minecraft (yes, even the beta versions) and there's no way my mom is gonna let me download any games on her phone. So the only time of the year that I can play minecraft was on my uncle's Ipad when we visited him once or twice a year during Thanksgiving or Chirstmas... I remember playing Minecraft PE Alpha 0.9.0 back in 2014 for the first time and felt in love with it, but my time with it was extremely short, a day at most when we stayed at his place. I would spent the rest of the year watching minecraft videos on YT like animations, gameplay, and stuff like that. My mom would eventually buy a new PC in 2016, just in time for the 1.11 update. And for the first time in years, I can finally play Minecraft on my own device, do whatever I want without fear of having to go home and leaving everything behind... I would spend the next three years making minecraft paper models, playing it with friends, watch minecraft vid on yt like I used to... until the end of 2019, when the pandemic began. School was turned into online school during that time, and it was consisted of scrolling through a powerpoint presentation and let a program know that you learned something (no one did). Then we would spent the rest of the day playing minecraft. Little did I know that would be the last time I can play minecraft on a daily basis with them. When we finished junior high school in 2020, we kinda lose interested in the game. I still play it regulary but not as much as I used to. There's so much thing to do that it's easy to get overwhelmed. I'm not saying that it's a bad thing considering how many impressive creations were made by the community every year, but sometimes I prefer going back to the older version, when defeating the dragon and getting OP loot wasnt the goal...

[@iammrksmom7896]

Beta 1.8.1 was goated, and was the perfect amount of change from Beta 1.7, but I do enjoy the extra content and QOL changes in Today's versions. I feel like Pewdiepie leading up Minecraft's Renaissance in 2020 was it's second Golden Age tbh. Like was mentioned in the video, you can still play modern versions like old versions. I refuse to build automated farms in my worlds, and my main food source is usually a bunch of pigs crammed into a pen with wooden fences. Just like we would do back in the day.

[@czpiaor]

@@iammrksmom7896 I agree, I play modern versions of Minecraft like old Minecraft too. Only using iron, no automatic farms, no enchanting, no nether, etc. Before this, I noticed that I kept thinking “I’ll get full diamonds before building a castle” and then “I’ll get shulker boxes so that gathering materials for a castle will be easier” and then “I need a wither farm so I can have a full beacon to make building easier” I was so focused on maximizing my future enjoyment that I never got to enjoying. Now I just wander around, enjoying the landscape, and building small huts to listen to the rain and watch the sunset in.

[@BusinessWolf1]

whenever I'd play on servers with others it always made me sad when they went super hard at it. I knew everyone would be full diamond by day two, echanted and looking for netherite by day 3, etc. The entire time I was just like - guys.. slow down. They never did. Every server died in 2 weeks max.

[@lukethekuya]

Same here!

[@Bazed.]

@@BusinessWolf1literally just happened to me :( I was spending my time making a massive base while everyone else got netherite, then inevitably got bored and left. No one’s even been on the server for 2 days lmao

[@joffnatic]

I joined the GoldenAgeMinecraft subreddit some time in early 2019, so I think it's been a thing for way longer than from 2020 and onwards. But yea, the reddit description actually used to say beta 1.8 as the cut-off version.

[@binguschondo]

oh okay!!! thanks for letting me know! i’m not surprised to see that the cutoff date used to be 1.8 lol

[@joffnatic]

@@binguschondo haha yea I started out on the release of beta 1.8 just like yourself so i can relate to seeing a whole nother world of minecraft in the youtube scene at the time lol

[@mushymcmushington7176]

Notch's vision of Minecraft was the Golden Age. Minecraft's strength was its simplicity, its cohesiveness, its lack of menus, events, stats, words. There is such a clear cutoff in Minecraft's update history where Notch's design principals start being ignored in favor of RPG elements, objectives, reactive NPCs, etc etc.

[@RealFemale69]

Ahhh a 'great man' take, that his intent was 'disrupted'

[@1v966]

​@@RealFemale69I don't care about the man, I care about the idea. He had one, soulless corporate empty suits do not, is the concept new to you? Never had a thing you like ran into the ground by a corporation? Brace for impact then, it'll happen sooner than you think

[@Milkra]

@@RealFemale69 he's right though ngl

[@RealFemale69]

@@1v966 you know Notch ran a huge company where his employees made Minecraft, right? Minecraft as it's known wasn't made by Notch

[@rdococ]

@RealFemale69 Notch was heavily involved in the game's development until the Adventure Update, i.e. the very one that 'disrupted his intent'... you are only proving his point.

[@brevortofficial]

I think the Purity of Minecraft was lost after Microsoft acquired Mojang and the updates seemed to be more like they were for show than actually adding new useful stuff

[@rescuerex7031]

The amount of useful features added after 1.12 is ridiculous, like Villagers are actually useful now, gold has an actual use, Redstone is super useful now, etc.

[@IHTCAU]

I guarantee Microsoft had little to do with that

[@all_out_tripp7220]

Directly after Microsoft bought Mojang maybe, but not really anymore

[@rescuerex7031]

@@JSmokesII it has a use in trading with pigmen before 1.16 it was just bad iron

[@tirex3673]

@@rescuerex7031 Redstone has been useful for long. That‘s not to say, the younger additions (observer, honey blocks & sculk sensor) aren‘t useful, but redstone was already powerful, before they arrived.

[@BoxBlair]

I’ve gone back to beta and it’s a far more relaxing and creative experience and everything you make has a lot more meaning because of the time you have to invest to collect and build. You don’t have to optimise farms for what you need. It’s a very enjoyable time

[@The-Okami-Project]

The modern beta mod is a great middle ground i think. No hunger and instant healing food. Spammy combat with no cooldowns. Beta and alpha world generation options with 1.18 caves depth structures and items.

[@UnlimitedFizz]

I've been watching your videos of the play through and it's great! I'm about to watch your INFDev to Alpha vid after this.

[@BoxBlair]

@@UnlimitedFizz thanks mate, hopefully you continue to enjoy the series through it’s ups and downs :D

[@shadesoftime]

Yeah, for me b1.8 didn't change the game with the addition of hunger as it did with sprint. On b1.7 I just feel calm, I'm not in a rush and it's great

[@literatemax]

For me there is no way that this game's "Golden Age" could have been before release version 1.3. This was when the client and server were merged and the "Open to LAN" button was added. Getting to play a game from more than one console/computer with my siblings was once a very rare commodity.

[@tkoutnchannel]

You could always host your own server prior, especially easy on LAN, that's what me and my siblings did back in beta. Not as easy as clicking a single button but not a whole lot harder.

[@shadesoftime]

The problem with that is that still to this day there are unfixed bygs caused by that

[@ASNS117Zero]

@@shadesoftime The game's overall performance never really recovered when it comes to things like hit detection. We just don't notice it as much because modern PCs are so far ahead of the system requirements that we brute force past some of the worst of the problems.

[@knuckleheadwestwind3585]

I think I draw the golden age line at 1.7.10. While for many it wasn’t the peek of vanilla, it was the peak for modded, servers, and community made content. And the content added after 1.2.5 wasn’t too expansive, but rather just added to the sandbox imo. It retained simplicity while allowing greater depth. (Then 1.9 ruined everything)

[@rage_2000]

Maybe that’s the end of the silver age

[@cringyyyfriends8272]

@@rage_2000poetic!

[@TegoPop]

I haven't seen anyone mention Pocket Edition, but I think those early versions were the golden age for me. They just had this mysterious allure, where there was a lot you didn't know about the game. Stuff like the nether reactor, the different lighting and colors, and the lack of features from Java Edition made a charming and simplistic experience that I feel has been lost with the newer Bedrock versions. Also, nice vid, subbed.

[@Illusionistofthecourt]

Glad someone mention this. This was my first exposure to minecraft and remember how it was so limited then and also the "herobrine" sighting around that time. Multiplayer was limited to local lan and playing with my cousins and brother to build or survive was a blast and getting excited when features from pc was getting to mobile and when multiplayer hit it was my first time playing with people all over the world it was still infant but I remember the good stuff community has made like sand castle cities and parkour maps as well smp servers with small regulations that was fun.

[@timewarpdrive77]

Pocket is it's own beast

[@JRHainsworth]

Release 1.2.5 was also the version with the most modpacks, where most of them stayed until like 1.7.10.

[@ivy_47]

Definitely got Tekkit nostalgia for 1.2.5, yep

[@Kubamorlo]

​@@ivy_47Tekkit was updated since it was multiplayer, but technic pack wasn't which is almost forgotten today

[@scarybarry1323]

I have a strong urge to return to one those early release versions, so my golden age is probably release to 1.5. I still consider anything after horses to be “new” I think the reason I consider those early release versions of the game to be so nostalgic was because my main exposure to Minecraft was those KZbinrs back in the day. The only version I was able to play was a very stripped back pocket edition, so I always yearned off of those cool features people on Xbox and Java had

[@NCPBails]

I found this video a few days after I started making my own 'Minecraft in my own image' mod / modpack It's interesting how you went from criticizing the thought that Minecraft doesn't feel vanilla anymore, to maybe thinking that it doesn't feel vanilla anymore, as that's something I've been going through as well

[@binguschondo]

good luck making your modpack!! i think we all go through a disconnection with the modern game, it’s just at different times. it’s a crappy feeling, but being able to make your own experiences is a really nice time!

[@comprehensiblehorror]

@@binguschondo how did you change the part of the UI where it says the version name?

[@binguschondo]

@@comprehensiblehorror i believe it’s in the config for nostalgic tweaks!

[@paran0ia7]

Really interesting and insightful video man. I think Minecraft's golden age occurs exactly when you first pick it up; everything prior seems lacking, and everything after feels superfluous. Somewhere, right this very second, someone is starting their very first world in the newest version and experiencing their golden age without even realizing it. It's a bizarre and unique side-effect of the game's open-ended development that I find kind of beautiful in itself.

[@promaster424]

I think that the people that say new Minecraft versions feel like mods don't realize the fact that just like people a game is changing a lot, especially if it has been worked on for over a decade. But unlike real world here you can stop at one point in time and never leave which is nice. The only thing we can't bring back is the feeling of unknown

[@JBBrickman]

The only thing I think is like moded is the new archeology and armor trims, also in a lesser way Netherite.

[@K3rhos]

The thing is, it feel like a modded game for a reason, it feel like that because most of the new features are poorly implemented, not because they are poorly coded, but because they don't really go with each others, for example goats, sniffers, allays and all the new mobs from the trash mobs votes are literally garbage and useless in most of the case ! Same goes for the new archeology that doesn't fit the game AT ALL, armor trims are ugly af and cost way too much only for a cosmetic thing ! Also there is an other reason of why modern minecraft feel like "a modded version", simply because the game progression make no sense. Since the new caves and cliff update you can basically go mining for 20 mins, in a huge deep cave, and you will get 10-15 diamonds, and that's it, in ~1h you're already full diamonds armor + sword + pickaxe. The game progression as literally been killed and poorly rebalanced over the time. This is why Minecraft feel so quickly boring to me, you can just rush the game and you having nothing left to do apart from building a tons of useless farms you will don't need anymore because you already have pretty much everything you need !

[@cloxurf9603]

Man you are so gonna get popular so fast, remember the little supporters when you get to the top

[@alburttpc]

bro i thought im watching a big channel with thousands of views, really good job there mate, video looks really good :D

[@minemasterSAM]

I can’t explain it, but I have two golden ages. The first is 1.5.3 (when I started) to 1.8.9 or 1.9 (it’s a bit blurry). In that time I was really REALLY young and played on the same super flat creative world the whole time on a cracked version of the game. My second is 1.9ish - 1.13, where I learned about multiplayer and was able to play with my friend on hypixel. I included 1.13 in there because of how hyped we got with this brand new massive update. After that we did still get mega hyped for updates, but they really started feeling out of place. But we had so much fun with whatever there was that it probably boils down to our lives outside the game just as much as it does the game itself

[@mosshivenetwork117]

The textures of the blocks are the main factor of the nostalgic feeling imo HOWEVER there is also the lighting and fog. Those are very important too.

[@midtown3221]

For me, spending many hours online on servers was my Golden Age. After years of not touching Minecraft, I've finally gotten around to downloading mod for my singleplayer world.

[@Krudmugeon]

Can I just say that the quality of these first videos is amazing, you present it all in a way that feels like you've been doing this for years and it's inspiring

[@JoboGamezzz]

“This isn’t a Minecraft channel” Everyone except 2 of his videos are Minecraft related: sure buddy sure

[@JohnKrakowsky]

This just appeared in my recommended and I am amazed. This is such a high quality video and i hope it'll get the views it deserves in the next few weeks!!

[@binguschondo]

thank you so much!! i’m so glad i could amaze you!

[@enthusiastvoid]

This guy seems like a youtuber that's supposed to be popular, amazing videos, I subbed

[@bigtimeakab.time7215]

Yoooo. I have a feeling that you are going to be a great KZbinr. Your work is great!

[@Snippyyy]

for me it was early xbox 360 minecraft, i remember i would come home from school, hop on the xbox, and all my brothers would crowd around the small box tv trying to get a spot, i remember those days so fondly, and hell even if my brothers werent playing id hop in a party with some friends and play, the saying "you dont know what the good times were until they are gone" truly hits home for minecraft, nowadays ill play minecraft every now and again but its not the same, and it sadly never will be

[@michailaleksov2027]

Nice video! Its really well put, and is a nice introduction to the Golden Age Minecraft culture for somebody who is just starting out. Thanks!

[@binguschondo]

i’m so glad you enjoyed it!! thank you for watching!!

[@higueraft571]

@@binguschondo Honestly, i think maybe the best way to "enhance" the game further on the community side... Simply rebuild it, like what Bedrock *attempted*, but just build it "right" this time, with a better goal. Effectively just: Improve performance, compatability, and stability, add more support for yet more changes/mods. (attempt to) Keep it as easily moddable as possible, possibly even a dedicated Modding tool similar to MCreator? Keep the feel/quirks that exist already, or at least as many as CAN be kept (such as Quasi-connectivity)... Even building an early version like the Betas would likely be an undertaking, and yet more so a more modern release like 1.16-1.18, but it certainly would be a luxury to die for. Is this utterly unrealistic for a small team? Pretty much. Will it ever happen anytime soon? Probably not, Better Than Wolves is of a similar vein but, CERTAINLY an entire beast, especially when this would likely involve an entirely separate language and converting what there IS into it as close to 1:1 as possible. Even more so to completely build even the foundational components (eg the engine, renderer, etc) from scratch...

[@iuhsfdg]

I know you probably won't see this, but when you mentioned tf2 and the 10 year gap between updates, I was overjoyed, considering i've been playing tf2 for a while and thought the same joke when you said it

[@Orangeco79]

I love how youtube recommended can show me amazing videos every once in a while. Great vid man!

[@binguschondo]

thank you so much!! glad to you here!

[@goldengamerhd4469]

For me there are two golden ages of Minecraft, Beta 1.7.3 and Release 1.8.9. Then again, these could just be my favorite versions.

[@greffen]

as a "old school minecraft youtuber", this video is great! engrossing myself into this community has been incredibly fun. my personal jam is just simply playing old versions, but mods like NSSS, ReIndev, Legacy+ are so fun too! heres to everyone that youve introduced to the fun of playing these special versions of the game through this video :D

[@juaniferritto165]

Bro your channel will blow up sooner than later. The algorithm is slowly doing it's thing

[@maemothdemonkat]

you deserve so much more popularity! your videos are so well made and are overall just really good! hope you continue these kind of documentary style videos, theyre really entertaining and fun to watch!

[@Figonometry]

I'm a part of a golden age community. I have not had this much enjoyment playing the game since I began playing it in 2011 and that's not an exaggeration, I've also slowly modded the game to my liking and it's something I look forward to playing most days after work. This was an excellent video my dude

[@dreinstar2352]

My Golden Version was something I have never spent much time playing, I remember watching Uberhaxornova and Spoon play their survival minecraft world together, which later became the first treehouse series were more members of their future group would come in. Not sure why, but when I think of Minecraft.. I think of that, watching hours of their lets play on my shitty laptop.

[@CaptainFlavio]

extraordinarily well made stuff, hope the popularity you deserve finds its way to you

[@binguschondo]

thank you :)

[@snowwstorm]

Wow, this video is just absolutely wonderful. As you grow, you will learn more about your editing style but right now I think it is really great. The pacing and everything works well but the camera cuts happen a lot and music can start and stop at random times, but overall I loved listening to this video and probably could listen to this going to bed. I love documentary style videos, and maybe as you go on you could spread out into different games too! Please keep uploading, because I want to stay.

[@binguschondo]

that last line is the reason i want to keep making stuff, thank you so so so much!!!

[@yavthesucc3950]

Really glad youtube recommended me this channel, honestly It surprises me you don't have that high of a subscriber count! This is really good

[@BanxMagilligan]

this is going to blow up, i assure you wish you luck with your future success

[@TactiDM]

very good video, i loved the gold block transition

[@MustachedMedia]

Great video, love the flashbacks to your old videos lol

[@MATEO-uw1ob]

This is a very high quality video, you deserve a lot more views bro

[@wula_]

I really hope you get much more popular, you are seriously underrated. This video is great, and I really like the vibe.

[@binguschondo]

thank you and i’m glad you like it!! :)

[@aliataciciek]

For me, the golden age of Minecraft starts around Beta 1.5. That was the first version of Minecraft that I've seen. The golden age period was between the versions Beta 1.5 and Beta 1.8 for me. Pre-Beta 1.8 terrain generation, no hunger bar, no sprinting, and the general feel of the game was beautiful. Swamps in Beta 1.8 were also a big thing for me as a kid, I loved them. I remember that the removal of the version bar in-game after the release really annoyed me and that was the time when the golden age ended for me. I was too late to see Alpha versions being the latest and greatest versions of the game but I loved those Beta versions. Also, up until Release 1.5, the game felt basically the same. The addition of biomes like the jungle biome and stuff didn't affect my feeling of the game but after The Redstone Update, the game suddenly felt more modern for me. I don't know how to explain it but pre-Release 1.5 feels like old Minecraft and post-Release 1.5 feels like modern Minecraft. Nostalgia is a weird thing. I wonder how people view the game. Anyways, thank you for reading all the way through. Edit: correction.

[@recarsion]

Almost the exact same for me. I knew about the game since the alpha days but didn't pick it up until about beta 1.6, and release 1.5 was the last version I actively played (until very recently, when my friends started a new server)

[@wozzlenatson]

i saw the intro and already knew it was gonna be good. insane amount of effort has been put into this video, great job man

[@frogelpe9871]

for me the golden age of minecraft was between official release 1.0 and 1.7.10. That was the time when updates were frequent and small, mostly lacked a distinct theme and the community was at it's peak. Content on youtube was just basic, mostly uncut let's plays and wasn't focussed on monetization. Everyone and everything about the game was whacky and primitive, yet big enough to find a lot of people that were involved with the community. It was also the time when games like uhc and bedwars startet picking up (bedwars just in the german minecraft community though). The memories I made in that time were incredible and for me that was the golden age of the game.

[@georgeofhamilton]

The Golden Age, which is about the entire game and community, not just individual nostalgia, started in alpha and ended in beta 1.7.3, and the Silver Age started in beta 1.8 and ended in 1.2.5-that should be the most reasonable definition, and that’s not to say that there weren’t other good eras.

[@binguschondo]

i think i can get behind that!

[@eltiolavara9]

yep!

[@_cfmca]

I feel silver age should end right before the update that changed the world but perhaps thats just cuz of when i got into the game.

[@K3rhos]

No, the Golden age is when the game was at this peak in terms of popularity and everything, so beta versions of the game are not even in this ranking ! Who played Beta seriously or even Alpha ? Not the majority of ppls, I discovered the game before the Jungle biomes were a thing, it was probably 1.0 or 1.1 and to be honest the game was at his peak until 1.8 release ! Alpha & Beta of the game are actually full of bugs and not that fun to play, it's purely nostalgic when ppls tell you it was the golden age ! The golden age of Minecraft goes with this updates: 1.0 = Ender Dragon 1.2 = Jungle Update 1.3 = Adventure Mode (was cool for making adventure maps) + Villagers Trading 1.4 = Halloween Update (Wither Boss) 1.5 = Redstone Update 1.6 = Horse Update 1.7 = The Update that changed the world 1.6 & 1.7 were golded especially for huge modspacks and everything, I still remember the popularity of huge modspacks on this versions, on KZbin, in the community with huge modded servers etc... And then we have the dark age from 1.9 to 1.12 (basically garbage updates, except 1.12.2 simply because all the modpacks were stuck on this version lol) And then the renaissance (the new golden age) started around 1.13 to 1.17, it was the moment where Minecraft started gaining popularity again, bcs the updates were actually cool. Now we are starting a new dark age, 1.18 the new caves are good looking but they ruin the progression of the game bcs you can find diamond way too easy, 1.19 was useless, 1.20 was also useless and controvertial in some ways.

[@danielrusso4468]

​@@K3rhosnah, I gotta disagree with this. The golden age was over before jungles ever hit the game, and the silver age was already waning. Ender dragon was a weird tonal shift in the game, I wouldn't classify it as part of the golden age.

[@Contrajoe]

I remember Minecraft in 2009/2010 as a browser-only java game where paying for a copy got you the ability to save your work. The map size was small. There were maybe 30 block types. I recall sponges, bedrock, leaves, etc - stone slabs were added and it was novel to have stairs that didn't require jumping. If a "golden age" is when you played/enjoyed it the most, mine was 2010-2013. From 2013-16 I played with some mods. During 2011 there was period when NPC villages weren't out yet but there were mods that added some speculative version of the concept. The nostalgia I have is for several factors of this era. between fewer block types, the anticipation of things like NPC villages, and the fact that at the time nothing else I'd played offered such a massive world. Around the time stairs and minecarts/track came out, there was mixture of a smaller, simpler block choice yet a complex range of possibilities that seemed "just right". As the nether/aether and enchanting tables showed up there was a drop in realism that for me sucked out the fun, though I think most others really enjoyed that stuff. Around 2013 onward I didn't "play" much minecraft but I still to this day use an old MC Edit build and google earth's images and distance measuring tools to dream up complex cities, shipyards, military bases, airports, highways, etc. My largest world file has 20,200+ region files and takes up about 25.7 GB at time of writing.

[@minki1820]

Your editing is soo good. keep up the good work- I know you will be very successful if you keep doing what your doing (the editing, the layout of speech, and they way you talk) LOVE IT!

[@binguschondo]

thank you so so much!!

[@binguschondo]

thank you so so much!!

[@Someone-zz4kp]

I love the chill atmoshpere of a guy just talking about something they are passionate about. Keep it up

[@NicolasADH]

I can't help but feel like the recent releases don't feel as fun anymore, sure its still fun, but something about the old oversaturated graphics, dark shadows and dense fog make a really comfy vibe to the game, the first night in a dirt shed without torches and exploring pitch black caves that always creeps me out and still do to this day (this game is secretly a horror game I swear) and the herobrine videos giving me the feeling of being watched, oh man do I miss the alpha versions of minecraft, good work on the video!

[@magma_fire_bagwan]

I remember when I was a kid, maybe 7 or 8, I got hit with a Herobrine screamer on a yt video and I punched the monitor. Thankfully it didn't break.

[@JohnBanana]

8:28 this is the correct opinion. The subreddit was indeed a community around 2017 but it was super small and they also had the cut off as b1.7.3, but 2 years ago the mods changed and then they randomly changed the definition of the subreddit which am not a fan of. The whole point was it was a sub just for the versions before official release ! But not a big deal

[@Zeder95]

I would say Minecrafts first golden age lasted up until 2014. Then Minecrafts second golden age began around 2018-2019. 2015 to 2017 Minecraft had a less popular phase, mainly because of the lack of updates and new content (2015 was the only year with no update at all). The second golden age of Minecraft started when a lot of people who grew up with Minecraft in 2010-2014 felt heavy nostalgia and came back to the game for nostalgia, and also because over the last years Mojang has made so many great updates with a lot of interesting new content that kept players interested in Minecraft.

[@jsnotlout3312]

I really like these videos. They never come across as forceful. You somehow manage to respect every single type of player lol

[@terminatevader]

The "Golden Age" of Minecraft is a term used to describe a specific time period in the game's history when it was experiencing tremendous growth and popularity. This period is generally considered to have taken place during Minecraft's alpha and early beta stages, from roughly 2009 to 2011.

[@AnArmyOfFish]

Yeah I come back to play every like three years or so but with them adding so much to the game I have been seeking nostalgic versions for myself.

[@hi07there]

I believe everyone has their own golden age (just like everyone else in the comments) and would have to say mine cuts off when sword blocking was removed (1.9). I never actually used it in combat but I have memories of using it to pretend to wave at people and slice things when I was a kid. I’m so glad I was able to find this video because I’ve also become strangely obsessed with this in my head too! Subbed and excited for future content.

[@luca_under_limit]

I've been inside the Golden Age Subreddit since 2017 and it did start back in 2016, not only was it created then but it also became active then with a few string of Beta and Alpha servers like Betalands which has also been around since early 2017.

[@Cassanti]

I mainly played during beta and I've seen copper in the game recently (no idea what it's supposed to be used for though) so per your suggestion, I checked out the copper wiki page. I'm genuinely terrified, no person has enough inventory space for this.

[@soninhodev7851]

ive played stardew valley, and in that game, there is stuff worse than this, like, why must there be 15 slight variations of roses that each takes up one inventory slot?

[@hello-xm5il]

Honestly, as a builder, copper isn't really that bad. Obviously getting the honeycomb sucks, but all you have to do is put down a bunch of copper blocks, wait until they've all changed to their final form, and then, as you put them on your build, axe them to your desired color, then honeycomb. So that's two inventory slots, one for honeycomb, and one for oxidized copper. You'll probably already be carrying an axe, and you can leave a stonecutter on the ground to make cut copper, or stairs. There is no good reason you will ever have waxed copper in your inventory. Alternatively, if you intend on using the most oxidized version, you can just place copper at the build site and wait for it to age. Or, you can pre-wax the copper, and then you only have to worry about placing it. If you want true inventory management hell, try interior decoration with all the new stuff. As well as paintings, beds, slabs, stairs, bookshelves, and flowerpots, you also have to deal with several varieties of trapdoor, most of the new workstation blocks, bamboo, turtle eggs and/or sea pickles, item frames, several varieties of signs, lanterns, moss, ect. I have several empty houses just waiting to be decorated because I refuse to put up with this crap.

[@Illusionistofthecourt]

The aesthetic of the early version is what I think draws me, it gets me really pumped to play them like it just turns me to the kid I was when I load it up and playing a good old world trying to pass time, there is such simplicity in it that I like( and I love simple things). If I got more time maybe I'll play some more and showcase stuff ha ha.

[@MarissaChillya]

I tend to view Minecraft versions as DnD editions or Monopoly iterations. I started in beta 1.7.3 and I got to see the game grow. I'm glad the new launcher lets you play all the versions :)

[@keithparker1346]

I would also add is if you have a potato pc at least you can get most older versions running well. I have a problem anything newer than 1.12

[@martialartsworldwide00]

My golden age was 0.5.0+ in MCPE, where servers were starting to become widespread 2012 - 2014. I spent a lot of time making friends from those servers and would constantly group video call them and play on active survival servers.

[@james2be916]

What the hell? Only 28 views? Even I have videos with more views than that! You are so underrated!

[@nigelroy1769]

Beta 1.7 to Release 1.2 was the peak of minecraft

[@ComikaSans]

I grew up playing the console versions. I still have all the copies of the game. I have the same Xbox 360 version which is the very first version of the physical release. I played on that version a few years back for nostalgia but got bored. I've been playing beta 1.7.3 and its a blast I have more fun at times than modern minecraft and I never even played beta until then

[@Sting_ray]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how awesome it is that Minecraft actually lets you go back an play (almost) all the old versions? Most games just update and that’s it. Don’t like the update? Too bad. Not Minecraft. It’s amazing that these communities are allowed to survive through official means.

[@Endgunner]

My golden age was Java 1.6.4, fun stuff.

[@nikivarvar]

i really like the bit on 21:57 where one can spot the change of versions with the lighting, or with the absence of the version handle on the corner of the screen, or like i did when it showed a shield i asked "why is it there now, wasnt it supposed to be alpha footage?", rewind and say "a-ha!". almost as if it's supposed to look seamless for someone that haven't played those, but those that grew up with those will spot it sooner or later and rewind to check their theory, if they didnt notice the version handle, i wasnt looking at that for some reason lol personally for me, the golden age was the period when stuff you build felt more profound, something bigger and has more purpose than just a place where you spend some part of the gameplay in like managing the storage and cooking stuff, probably due to the fact that it simply did not have a sprint, it feels like a safe house that you have spend some time putting down and where you can wait out the entire night because beds weren't a thing yet, and this crunchy door opening sound most likely also add something to it i can't really describe. maybe i'm also the kind of person that likes things more "compressed"(not related to crunchy sounds) in a sense so it doesn't overwhelm you, i don't know also when back in a day people would make threads in forums with ip addresses to their servers, and the only requirement from you is putting down your nickname in there so they would add you to the whitelist, and you explore those small places where people have figured out how to install plugins like craftbook and did some cool stuff even at the time, some turning off mob spawning because those were lagging the server :D, not something you'll be able to experience nowadays i think thank you for making this :)

[@jonahham]

My golden age for Minecraft was the early-summer 2020 era. The updates felt good, the game felt good, and during quarantine me and about a dozen friends all had a realm we played on daily. This mixed with the (in my opinion) best Minecraft update, 1.16 made it the golden age for me

[@finnbianga4189]

Same, i started in 1.16 and played so many hours with friends

[@kediester5393]

im so glad u covered this cozy part of mc :D

[@RegularBiscuit]

Personally, I miss minecrafts 'golden age' but I think the reason it was so fun is really the same way all adults think their childhood was a golden era. We were kids. It seemed more fun

[@Minirow]

I just checked the channel for the previous videos and didn't expect it to be so new. The quality is great!

[@paulyvii]

The golden age was definitely 1.7-1.8. Had a ton of memories back then.

[@ClanHero_]

Bro your videos are amazing! Keep it up you have so much potential

[@Wildgameing]

First time seeing this

[@zombieranger3410]

I started playing Minecraft back in Beta, roughly Beta 1.3, and to be honest my memory is very hazy for the most part and the pc I used is long gone. However most of my time spent on the game was after its Golden Age, most of my time was in its Silver Age, which I shall now dub being between 1.2.5 and 1.7.10. The main reasons why I loved the Silver Age was due to the explosion of unique mods being released and the ease of getting friends to join or join public multiplayer servers. I still remember downloading my first and most favorite mod, Clay Soldiers, and playing with just that one mod for what seems like a thousand hours. 1.7.10 was very unique for me because Minecraft didn't update for an extended period of time, which is what caused the explosion of modding on the same version with the first really big modpacks being developed. Modding was a very big part of the experience for me even early on, as I felt like I had conquered and mastered the base game no matter which version and wanted new experiences, especially when watching mod showcases on KZbin. I also enjoyed playing in some of the larger servers my friends frequented, they loved Hunger Games and Factions, back in previous Golden Age versions, servers didn't use very many plugins and were more akin to standard or semi-standard co-op experiences, while the Silver Age brought the first big servers with more unique playstyles and plugins, while still trying to find their footing and not leaning heavily into microtransactions or feeling very streamlined. Much of this is due to personal experience and nostalgia goggles but it doesn't change my feelings towards what I played and enjoyed the most, despite having been around for the early Beta days. If I had to choose only one version of Minecraft to play it would be 1.7.10 as in my eyes it has the perfect balance of new features and feeling "classic" while also having a very extensive modding selection and servers. I also have some fond memories of the Xbox version, which I thankfully have saved and can still be played on my 360. I still have my really impressive redstone recreation of Town from Black Ops 2 Zombies, equipped with villager barricades, wall weapon buying, and a wave mechanic. My tutorial worlds are also still cool to look through, nothing beats building a minecart track throughout the world and through the giant floating MINECRAFT in the sky.

[@franconasute120]

wow, it's amazing how well made your videos are, if you didn't mention it at the beggining of the video, i would've thought i was watching a youtuber with thousands of followers, you definitely deserve more recognition!

[@twomur_]

i started playing MC when beta 1.6 dropped and oh man do I have some great memories! But i’ve genuinely played the game consistently for over 11-12 years now! I get excited about new updates still and new features! However i’ve recently started a Beta 1.7.3 world and it’s been so much fun! Even if someone didn’t start playing back then I will always recommend playing the older versions or just try them out as they are pure and raw minecraft at its core! So glad i found your channel it was an instant sub hope to see more old MC videos in the future!!

[@bosli42]

I was playing Minecraft a lot from way back with alpha and beta versions, but I didn't play it in many years. The last time I tried to get back into it, it just wasn't as fun, both because I was overwhelmed by the things to do, and that I didn't know what I should or want to do at all. One of my favourite streamers started Minecraft a while back, an older fella that never played it before, and it is great revisiting a game I know, but also discovering so many things that went by me in all those years of more updates by seeing genuine reactions to this game. Because of that I looked up some videos (like builds, more modern farms, what happened on scicraft since I last checked them). My KZbin home got flooded with Minecraft videos and I had to "don't recommend this channel" so many to clear it up. Your videos I somehow ended up watching when they appeared, and it's the only channel of all those Minecraft videos that I ended up subscribing. Maybe it's similar to the nostalgia and memories that I have with older versions, but the genuine and sincere way you talk is fascinating. What is the point of this comment? I have no idea. 🙂 But keep making more videos like these (whatever "like these" would even mean), of Minecraft or other games.

[@ChickenJoe-tq6xd]

You can’t even see the golden age anymore because all the servers and KZbinrs are gone from that era, going back to a old version is just seeing a small sample of what it was, their was so much more that’s lost in time

[@0x1F600]

this video was incredibly well put together, great job!

[@librahz]

hearing clark play while on alpha always gave me chills for some reason.

[@Sylveon-The-Spy]

Thanks for featuring some of the bigger servers and communities, we all really appreciate it! For me, I enjoy the simpler versions of the game. Some people tell me I'm "nostalgia blinded" but I started playing Minecraft since Release 1.6, so I can I have nostalgia for a version of the game I never played? It's interesting how I've since dropped the newer versions for the smaller, more compact and fun ones. (And this even shows up on my Channel.) To me, less is more. And I've really tried to see how much I can do with less!

[@Krpamojtedrpa]

Amazing video, I really hope you get more recognition (also, imma deffo check out your modpack)

[@binguschondo]

thanks!! i’ll reply to this if i ever release the pack. someone else mentioned wanting to play it so i’ll probably start working on a release version here soon!

[@kratosbrock3843]

I remember playing Minecraft for the first time back in 2013 on the Xbox 360 on TU9, I believe it was when they just added the experience bar. The feeling I get looking back on those days when I literally knew nothing about the game, then going on KZbin and discovering other people playing different versions of the game on their PC's and even their phones at a later point was just nothing short of mind blowing for me. This game has reached so many people in so many forms, and I'm getting overwhelmed with nostalgia and memories just thinking about it. The first time you ever built a house, your first time getting blown up by a creeper, discovering the nether for the first time, even as bare bones as it was. Truly something that gives you a feeling unlike any other. Your video has just brought back so many good and yet so many bittersweet memories at the same time. Thank you for making this video, I can't wait to see your future content. It's like you brought philosophy into Minecraft, and it's nothing short of beautiful to me.

[@binguschondo]

thank you for sharing!! i’m so glad my video meant this much to you :) thank you for watching and planning to stick around!!!

[@thegooldash2443]

while i played way earlier i actually think my golden age was the nether update it was made with so much passion and ideas that it definitely matched that old Minecraft Experimental feel, when features got added because they were cool and fun first rather than if it fit or not after that they haven't been able to top that feeling and seem so scared of adding new ideas and concepts into the game

[@Enazu207]

Its so nice to see people still talking about beta minecraft

[@Radar_of_the_Stars]

I think we are living through Minecraft's Golden age right now, we are getting so many high quality features in a row, Minecraft has never been better.

[@pigeon9501]

So many amazing Golden Age Minecraft videos from different creators popping up in my recommended lately. Could be the sign of a massive boost for the community, the game originally took off partially thanks to KZbin to begin with so I quite like the idea of going full circle with it.

[@iamninja435]

Very clever editing with the gameplay footage at the end of the video.

[@someoneontheweb4303]

Bro got magnificent hair. Also great video! Playing og Minecraft rn, so much fun and nostalgia!

[@Leonguy2]

Back when i was a little kid i remember spending months, heck, years trying to somehow fit the best mods at the time (1.5.2) to create what i called the ultimate minecraft. This manouvering of files led me to start a passion for coding and software engineering that have made me the man i am today. I still have that customized version of minecraft that i've spend years crafting, with custom textures and mods sitting around the corner of a folder. Perhaps it's time to do something about it. Thanks for this video!!