Why Minecraft Legacy Console Edition Was So Loved

A tribute for the 10th anniversary of one of Minecraft's most beloved versions, Minecraft Legacy Console Edition.
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[@WildWolf-pu4pj]

4J put so much more care into the console ports than microsoft, it really added to the magic of the experience

[@OllieCreates]

That’s the beauty of small third party developers if you ask me

[@PlumbCarton5607]

Ong bedrock on console is a severe downgrade when it comes to the menus, gameplay, smoothnes, controls and performance

[@FixYoSchitt]

I'm debating on setting up legacy Minecraft on my computer just to experience it again.

[@antman.qb.8]

Even though Mojang is owned by Microsoft, they still have accountability for a lot of the things that happen to Minecraft. Mojang is the one who needs to step up their game.

[@inventionscreator8875]

@@PlumbCarton5607 performance is way better though, runs smooth as butter

[@Bugaboo8]

The one feature I love that no one talks about is 'Exit without Saving'.

[@jimmycon2001]

Definitely. I have a world with a castle I built, and can blow it up as much as I want, because I don't have to save.

[@Bugaboo8]

@@jimmycon2001 Exactly! That's definitely a feature that's been taken for granted.

[@alphawolf7608]

I used it alot more before mini games came out since me and my brother could make a hunger games map and not have to reset every single chest each time

[@retroguy3344]

I accidentally hit that after spending 10 hours on my base

[@MJsTechWorld]

oh thats useful, like screw something up real bad, JUST CLICK EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

[@VorynDagoth]

I remember being absolutely flabbergasted by Stampy's house appearing in one of the tutorial worlds

[@ai00436]

THE MEMORIES

[@Tornado2409]

OH, THE MEMORIES

[@chadwilson8354]

Same

[@icyd1amond]

Man, I still have that world. I try to keep all the tutorial worlds for historical purposes.

[@ExoticD]

Oh shoot I remember that!!! I remember when it updated and it was removed, i was so upset. but luckily I still had one world left with the stampy house still completely intact on it. I can remember one time in particular when me and my friends started blowing up stampys house for fun. That was until I saw the "autosave in 5" pop up on the screen. I have never turned off my ps3 faster. (Edit: I fixed the grammar and wording. I was very tired when I originally wrote this and I just had a stroke re-reading it.)

[@clobzz]

the graphics were so bright and vibrant, the UI was sleek, the sound effects were satisfying, everything about it was absolute perfection

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

Yea the graphics were definitely a bit different and felt special

[@imzpumpkin]

The button presses late at night bring back memories

[@djplonghead5403]

I walked past a glad smell dispenser and that exact smell brought me back to legacy Minecraft. Staying up late a night playing slit screen then rushing to the bathroom scared because it was so dark in the hallway. It’s crazy what a scent can do for memory.

[@hadookin47]

@@djplonghead5403 “Sometimes a certain smell will take me back to when I was young How come I'm never able to identify where it's coming from? I'd make a candle out of it if I ever found it Try to sell it, never sell out of it, I'd probably only sell one”

[@clobzz]

@@djplonghead5403that is what i like to call association, when two different things that happened at the same time in your memory and one reminds you of the other, its very interesting and ive had many instances of this

[@user-ls8pd1pz3h]

Its super stable and has a clean ui, basically what bedrock shouldve been

[@fewkeyfewkey5414]

Exactly when I played it and compared it to bedrock it was soo stable and neat. Genuinely wasn’t there a way to create another minecraft edition without mobile interaction?

[@mrdollyman5675]

@@fewkeyfewkey5414 I think they should bring 4j back on to polish Bedrock Edition

[@Neoniq41]

@@fewkeyfewkey5414 Nope, cuz then the poor multitrillion dollar corporation won't make its money back

[@notdistracted1289]

More than basically, it is everything Bedrock should've been and so, so much more. I played it on the Xbox One personally, and seeing those clips of TU46 was just too much.

[@freezzer0019]

I would love to play minecraft more on my switch, but when it comes to playing minecraft with a console i just play it on my old ps3 just because it runs better on there.. its actually just sad in my opinion

[@SnrubSource]

Legacy console edition actually felt like a proper almost 1:1 console port of Java minecraft with extra bells and whistles, while Bedrock feels like a mobile game. Not only does it feel like a mobile game, but it also feels like one of those old videogame ports that were outsourced to an obscure amateur studio and turned out really bad which is funny because 4J, a third party studio, did a way better job than Mojang themselves.

[@Turtleblade]

Bedrock feels so weird and terrible to play on anything but mobile

[@lofiplays_live]

Well the legacy Console Version was at the start basically Java edition with some changes…

[@4uffin]

I unfortunately think that's what Microsoft is going for with Bedrock.

[@nepnep2053]

@@4uffin you mean mojang?

[@fractal6929]

@@nepnep2053 same shit different bucket

[@grape3587]

I feel like the limited size of console worlds was *really* what did it. Worlds felt so lived in without putting in days upon days of work since there were only so many places you could build.

[@IC-23]

This is why I wish there was a limited world map for bedrock. Multiplayer in world that small was amazing, even if you and your friends decided to not work together you'd always be at most 5 minutes away and older world like that had signs of life everywhere. Maybe to accommodate all the content it'd have to be the size of a lv4 map and increase ore generation for long-term purposes. Obviously the End/Nether get a bit scuffed since there's not much reason to build there when it wasn't uncommon to reset them when it got hard to find resources given how small they were.

[@PlanetXtreme]

@@IC-23 oh man you reminded me that you could reset the end and the nether with just the click of a button. Yeah, you can technically do that in Java by manipulating files, but when I played console edition at 6, 7, 8 years old, I wouldn’t of known how to do that

[@weegie3343]

Me personally, I enjoyed the 812x812 worlds, but it’s a little too small. I’d prefer more like 1200x1200

[@lucasmatthiessen1570]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@IC-23doesn’t bedrock already have seed templates with limited worlds?

[@IC-23]

@@lucasmatthiessen1570 issue is those are 1 chunk. 360 worlds generated as the same. Size as a lv3 map and usually had every biome. If we had an option to select something around the size of a lv4 map with at least one of every structure/biome

[@TheUniqueImpact]

Xbox 360 edition was the first version I ever played on. I have so much nostalgia playing with my family. Looking back on it, those really were magical times

[@pleasegoawaydude]

The 360 was where I made and kept friends. When everybody else moved on, I lost contact with everyone because I didn't have any contact info to give out and I was going through some shit. I've never made the types of friends I used to have, and have only gotten more distant even though I'm a much better person than I was at that age.

[@pizzawithjalapenos7297]

For me those were the days of playing halo reach and minecraft with my family we found many things in the legacy edition 1 being that in one of the older tutorial worlds if you were to go beyond the village you'd eventually get to a snowy area with a cave somewhere in that cave was a zombie spawner 2 was a dupe glitch it was where if you mined a block continuously eventually you'd actually get two instead of one we used this glitch to dupe resources such as emerald and diamond

[@cinemapigeon4898]

It was a pure Minecraft experience. To this day it's still a fantastic experience. The ps4/xbox one editions are the closest to the 360 edition (now they're just called Minecraft legacy), and honestly they are my preferred versions. I love the basic sandbox survival. Build, survive, prosper. Free to build the perfect world. They were still updated until like 2019 (the 360 end of 2018), so they're very complete games but retain that pure essence of what makes Minecraft great.

[@Ghostman223]

​@@pizzawithjalapenos7297 "MAC ROUNDS? IN ATMOSPHERE?"

[@everknight6267]

I love minecraft legacy edition. The most vivid memories I had of it were the minigames. I used to play "battle" and "glide" a lot, it really brought back some memories. I'm so glad there's still a button to return to the editions on the ps4 version of Minecraft.

[@decay7618]

Oml yes battle op was insane bro

[@everknight6267]

@@decay7618 exactly, it's my favorite one and I was so cracked at it

[@seamusquain2706]

I still have it on XBOX 360.

[@datoofgaming9370]

@@decay7618 so true I literally bought some of the maps it was so fire

[@decay7618]

@@datoofgaming9370 LOL I was legit the best at battle no one could be me I could block hit and all

[@DaWazzaBeast]

For me the quality and minigames of is what set console edition apart. It feels like I'm playing a appreciated and amazingly crafted game, plus minigames too; I use to speedrun glide and have played a fair bit of battle/tumble and they really have such depth/replayability. Compared to much of the minigames available on Bedrock they feel as though they have a soul. Enjoyed the video :]

[@OllieCreates]

Agreed. I believe that from 2016-2017, CE was truly the best version of Minecraft. It was simply above Java and PE in terms of polish. And of course minigames were another story. Thanks for your comment!

[@DaRoachDoggJrr]

@@OllieCreates now imagine if java had bedrock’s optimization and friend invite system and console’s minigames and polish 👌

[@spencerallison3196]

It's not just the minigames but there's so many classic maps. I remember when command blocks became a thing and the community had a hay day with them. I think it's just not a risk, no incentive to be unique because there's thousands of crap on bedrock instead. It's a shame really.

[@Drafonni]

Two more things I would add: 1. The split screen worked really well. If you’ve ever had 8 people playing in the same world on 2 Xboxes, you know the unique experience that can be. 2. Older Minecraft just had more peaceful vibes. There’s another KZbin video about why beta Minecraft is better called “Why Do People Still Play The Beta Version Of Minecraft” much of that applies to 4JCraft as well.

[@MurkyTheWolf]

My favorite featured that was not mentioned is 3D skins. The ones you bought from the packs were more often than not 3D and had parts that would extend off the body or limbs that were smaller or invisible. Java today still lacks this feature.

[@tttcreative]

I was always obsessed with the Doctor Who K-9 skin!! So disappointed when I got Java and couldn’t figure out how to make it work…

[@sora6303]

I still use my Huntress Wizard skin from when we bought the Adventure Time pack, it’s pretty much what people associate me with in Minecraft now

[@summitier22]

plenty of mods on java that allow for easy 3d skin distribution and access, there's even some mods that allow you to use an mm3d model so you could rip off a completely polygonal model from another game (given that it's in the right format) and play with it

[@realcatic]

It felt like the 3D skins were sort of a compromise for not having custom skins. And my god, it was a really good compromise!

[@RomanSimkins]

There was also a Spider-Man skin pack on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One that had Doc Ock and Iron Spider with 3d robotic arms but they stopped selling it and the skins no longer work.

[@GrantIsCooool]

I really loved the waiting rooms for the minigames. Sometimes I would just play in them alone, and try to find all of the secrets And there sure was a ton, because you could find guides online of how to find everything. I remember there being one map where if you did certain things around the map, you would find a HUGE cave underground.

[@nthn-qo1lj]

The cave was a run down version of the original waiting lobby, back when battle first came out

[@playerarmy6890]

I remember playing minigames on the Xbox 360 version as a kid alone (because no Xbox live) and I would be absolutely terrified of empty waiting rooms cause I thought herobrine would show up

[@bobedibob3084]

parkouring around on the one with the spiral staircase was really fun

[@Sir_Clay]

@@nthn-qo1lj I remember the old map and old tutorial

[@Tornado2409]

@@nthn-qo1lj thought so I don't remember it, though

[@BoxCutterYT]

I miss this old minecraft, so simple and unique from the others. I'm glad it was a part of my childhood. Edit: I agree with everything in this video, good job on it btw

[@brockfordjunktion]

360 edition was the one I fell in love with. World generation and customisation in 360 and Xbox 1 was simply better than what we have in bedrock edition.

[@DefinitelyNotPedro]

I honestly liked the limited world sizes... Nowadays playing minecraft can feel super overwhelming because there is so much to explore, but with a limited world size you have to mine, build and craft with what the world generated, if it did not have a desert and you wanted a desert temple, tough luck! It was punishing but also rewarding, specially after making tunnels and homes and other structures all around the map, you truly felt like you conquered the world (being able to see everything on the portable map that showed the entire world helped a lot). Also because of the water on all sides of the map, it felt more like alpha and beta minecraft back in the day, like its an island in the middle of the ocean . Again, nowadays it just feels like you are in the middle of an infinite continent most of the time.

[@Tornado2409]

Those ocean worlds were incredible as well as challenging

[@summitier22]

to be fair, you could still do that by decreasing the world border size

[@lucasmatthiessen1570]

I kind of disagree. At least in my opinion. One of the most fun I’ve had playing Minecraft was going to a woodland mansion. It wasn’t exploring the mansion itself. It was the long journey to get to mansion. As well as the long journey back home. Once I’m done with raiding the mansion. I start to feel homesick. I miss my home. I miss hanging out with my pets. And when I come back. Seeing the familiar landscapes. And then finally seeing my home after days of being away. Seeing my dog and two cats, parrot, allay and axolotl again. Was probably the best experience I’ve had playing the game. I just started playing Minecraft a few years ago. So I probably didn’t get to experience what’s it like to be in a limited world.

[@xxred_devilxx7196]

And as much as I love some of Lena Raine’s music, the old C418 accompanying you in the normal worlds was so nostalgic and comforting

[@MichaelVickers2007]

Taking C418 out of Minecraft is taking part of it away

[@cadencase5216]

@@MichaelVickers2007 fr

[@swlchl]

C418's music is still in Minecraft, though. Minecraft wouldn't be the same without it.

[@RRoolio]

@@swlchlit plays so much less though

[@glassofwater281]

A couple of the Raine tracks make me sad but others make me want to get out and explore or are just plain beautiful

[@Maxxem]

I actually had friends coming over to my house around may 9th and we played console edition and I had a fun time. We used to play console back 5-7 years ago so its nice to relive good memory's.

[@Yelty]

sad that i didnt had console edition back then

[@mamaloni635]

Im not the only 1.9+ pvper here wow

[@ArdaU]

@@Yelty you can still play on PC using emulator

[@DeZzBeZooked]

@@ArdaU whereeeeeeeeee

[@gamehuntermc1728]

I really miss the ability to play with paid resource packs for free, you just couldn't save. Which I didn't mind. What I miss the most is the mash-up packs. It was so awesome to explore all these highly detailed worlds with the different soundtracks. The Halo mash-up was how I got into the Halo series. (btw, Halo Master Chief Collection is one of the best deals in gaming. it's improve so much since 2014. 6 games in one package. seriously, Custom Game Browser, Flood in Halo 3 ODST Firefight, the improved forge with a much larger budget, it's unreal how awesome it is.)

[@MostlyPonies1]

You can do this on bedrock edition. Same mashup packs.

[@koi5179]

@@MostlyPonies1same mashup packs that came out 7 years ago 💀

[@Momo4060i]

The thing I loved the most about the older console versions was the fact that the game had limitations. In the modern versions there's soooo much content that it kinda feels overwhelming to me. There are so many items and the world's being infinite kinda feels off. I tend to be much more creative when there are some kind of restrictions in place. That's completly gone now in the days of MC Bedrock.

[@K3rhos]

I 100% agree with you, I have the exact same feeling. I always get bored of Minecraft PC for this reason, I was much more creative back in 2012 on Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. This is why today I'm still playing Minecraft on PC but I more try to return to the "OG" versions like BETA versions or famous ones like 1.2, 1.4.7, 1.5.2, 1.6.4.

[@rollercoasterman8114]

@@K3rhos That's why i don't like Minecraft anymore aswell there is just too much content now, back in 2014 when you founds diamonds that was it game complete, you were free to dick around since you had everything but now there is just so much more to do that i get burnt out and stop playing before i can get everything. I stopped playing when the nether update released and i don't think i'll be returning anytime soon, unless some amazing update releases.

[@tyqwax]

Same and i lost my edition button so cant play legacy no more

[@weegie3343]

@@rollercoasterman8114try terraria. Had 689 items on the first 2011 release and about +2500 now

[@lucasmatthiessen1570]

I might disagree because one of the best moments I’ve had in my modern Minecraft world was exploring the infinite world for not only in game days but for real life days as well. The feeling of finally coming home after what felt like a century was amazing. For me at least.

[@HarryKaberry]

My favorite mash up was the Little Big Planet on the ps4. So nostalgic, detailed, and has an incredible soundtrack

[@Tornado2409]

That was epic. I used to play LBP and it deserves more love.

[@notbjeff732]

I’m so glad I’m not alone on the limited world size thing. I loved having a finite amount of resources on one world because everything felt so meaningful. When a world is infinite, nothing feels special because there’s an infinite (not really) amount of it. Finding a mushroom island on legacy console edition is a good example because there would only usually be like one or two per large world, so finding one feels so meaningful since it’s the only one. The biome sizes were also great too and choosing the biome sizes was a highly underrated feature. I would usually do a medium world with medium biome sizes. But omg, my favorite thing of all about limited worlds was that you could have an entire map of your world! That’s the most dope thing of all time and I would always do those in my worlds. Even on large worlds despite it being really tedious.

[@OllieCreates]

Great point about having a map of your whole world, I loved that too! I think limited worlds meant you could really get to know your world and it’s landmarks. Thanks for your comment!

[@kevinchadwick9108]

Couldn’t you still technically do that today? Transfer over a classic sized world from xbox one, ps4, switch etc to bedrock and just not go beyond the tiny oceans where new terrain generates

[@100forgery]

I just realized after reading this I haven't seen a Mushroom Island in Bedrock Edition. I haven't seen 😕 one since Legacy edition.

[@reneablackheart9563]

Also you could be sure you wouldn't have to travel almost 10,000 blocks away from spawn to get to the stronghold

[@morticianflame]

Also each seed back then felt so unique and different (granted they still are), unlike now where all worlds and seeds feel samey even with the caves and cliffs update. Plus having everything you need in one area was nice. Now you have to travel thousands of blocks just to find a single biome or new structure, and having a small limited world is great for sparking creativity since it gives you limitations and boundaries to work in

[@mrparakeet]

I still boot up the old ps3 sometimes just to play battle, there's still an impressive playerbase and me and some random guys have made some really cool stuff. I can't help but choke up a little watching this video knowing so many people still appreciate this masterpiece of a game. Great community, great music, great gameplay, legendary game.

[@LeeTESFM14]

One of the smallest features that I miss the most is being able to pause the game in single player. The amount of times I've been blown up by a creeper because I try to pause my bedrock game is too many to count

[@K3rhos]

I remember back in 2012 on Xbox 360 Edition I was trying to fill the entire map with a unique huge city, and this is what I did, it was something cool to have a limited map, you had better objectives and when you had visited the entire map you had the feeling of having accomplished something big and something finished ! When I moved to Minecraft PC (Java) in 2014-2015 it was different, not the same feeling, and since worlds were infinite I was always moving to a new world when I had constructed my house and killed the ender dragon, also the amount of new contents on PC was so huge that it was quickly boring in some way, because you always had something to do, you could not make a Minecraft World and say: "I finished the game !", it was nearly impossible. Minecraft Xbox 360 had a sort of a real ending and satisfaction after "colonising" your entire world.

[@Daytonious]

Great video. For me personally, it feels like Legacy was built with love. Which is a stark comparison to Bedrock. Legacy simply feels complete as is, whereas Bedrock is in dire need of features despite being more up to date update wise. Let's just say that I want to buy myself a Wii U again.

[@MegaBytesMe]

Tell me about it haha, I loved playing Minecraft on my Wii U in split screen. I always wondered why I preferred it over bedrock on PS4, however it makes sense now after watching this video. If you ever do get another Wii U, then feel free to add me (MegaBytesMe). I'm usually on Splatoon however I have most games for that console.

[@brondlini5459]

"Legacy simply feels complete as is" Speaking of completion, can we talk about how you can fall through the world to the void in bedrock...? 😂

[@natsudragneelthefiredragon]

@@brondlini5459 This is because of a precision error to do with floats, the variables aren't precise enough and collision fails apparently, I am still learning programming right now, but I heard this was the reason

[@ThighFish]

Bring out your torches (not just the ones solely for lighting), but the Wii U was the best console ever. Wii U Edition is perhaps the most nostalgic game of all for me.

[@Daytonious]

@@ThighFish Best console ever? Maybe not. Filled with games made with love? Entirely! I'd put the Wii U and 3ds up as some of my favorite consoles, what Nintendo was putting out, along with third parties was great until the very end. And I mean that, there was a guy working on 3ds and Wii U eShop games until the day they stopped letting people add new ones! I'll definitely look on these consoles fondly, heck, I still play on my 3dses even in 2023!

[@Woffle8340]

Something I loved abusing in tutorial worlds is the fact that many achievements became easy to obtain just because of what they put in it

[@izzwizzers]

i never thought of it that way. god i should’ve used that back in the day

[@SKCro.]

The items would respawn too. Not sure how often, but they definitely did unless you switched the world to creative and back (or migrated it to a newer version).

[@Blama_]

I think they did that delibrately

[@ExoticD]

@SKCro I remember finding a glitch that would respawn the items (which I think can be replicated today) you would have to go to the area, then when the help infografic popped up you had to hit no. Then you grab whatever you needed from the chest, exit the area, and walk back in and repeat. This made achievements really easy and helped me get the platinum.

[@SKCro.]

@@ExoticD Oh yeah, that was how it worked! Thanks for jogging my memory. I did this a lot with XP bottles and iron and stuff :P

[@ayaannazir7308]

This version of minecraft was such an OG back in the day, it’s just doesn’t feel the same playing it on the latest version of Java or latest console today. There’s at least a billion things that I loved about this version, words can’t describe how amazing and nostalgic this version was

[@KbHaxLol]

I lowkey teared up watching this... The amount of memories and nostalgia that came back when I watched this- This version had the most simplistic and beautiful communities that came of the time. Truly something too look back on :)

[@BladerINCThe_Hope]

Agreed, I remember building so much back in those days!

[@Deepslate3D]

i still hop on sometimes and just play minigames. such good memories, when minecraft wouldn't crash every 3 seconds and the game actually hit a consistant 60fps

[@kathacro]

The best tribute for the best version of mc! I was taking a little break from minecraft but your video inspired me to hook up my xbox 360 tonight. I miss legacy so much. Thanks for sharing, Ollie!!

[@OllieCreates]

Thanks Kath, that’s really nice to hear!

[@stalingrad3010]

_cough chough_ Java Edition _cough cough_

[@dragoblu6758]

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[@stalingrad3010]

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[@mamaloni635]

@@stalingrad3010 nah bro I play java edition now and im one of the best 1.17+ uhc players on it but dont disrespect the console edition it was so many ppl childhood including me

[@HURR_EMERALDS]

I liked the reset the nether and reset the end features as well as being able to pause the game mid-fall to save yourself, and being able to exit without saving

[@RealValkor]

safe to say that the music in the minecraft legacy minigames are the most underrated pieces of media in the internet, themes like dance of the blocks, agile accelerando, swift descent, double time, etc... just sound so good and not many people appreciate them :((

[@TheRedCap]

At least Super Smash Bros gave the minigame music some love when they added Steve. Seriously, listen to the arrangement of Glide in that one! Interestingly, they only added music from Legacy Console and Dungeons, likely because of how picky C418 is about the rights to his music.

[@RealValkor]

@@TheRedCap actually, sakurai said he added the music from legacy console minigames because the normal music was just too calm for super smash bros(I think it was during the Nintendo direct when Steve was revealed).

[@BatuhanDere]

i never Forgot those songs especially the spleef minigame had the best ones

[@SpinAttackLink]

@@TheRedCapC418 isn’t picky microsoft wanted FULL rights to all the music he made for Minecraft obviously C418 wasn’t happy because he wouldn’t have any rights to his OWN music so he stopped making music for them because in order to keep making music for Minecraft he would have to give all rights

[@TheRedCap]

@@SpinAttackLink I understand that. No reason Nintendo/Sora couldn't have negotiated a better deal. The only reason Microsoft wanted full rights is because that's industry standard. The only reason Notch allowed the more lax deal to go through was because his game hadn't even reached a phase where he was charging for it yet. It sucks, and I agree it shouldn't be the industry standard, but music for games is often done as contracted work. Just look at the DOOM Eternal soundtrack debacle, Id treated him HORRIBLY after he signed on the contract. But a lot of game companies are not willing to give an inch simply because they haven't had to before. This whole situation really sucks because fans really had a chance to campaign against MS for shafting Minecraft's one true composer, but instead they all lapped up Lena Raine instead. No disrespect to Raine, she's an excellent composer and absolutely nailed Minecraft's style, but it sucks nobody got up in arms after MS and C418 had their falling out. Back to Nintendo and Super Smash Bros, I think what ended up happening is Nintendo asked for the rights to use the music, but MS said C418 owned it, and Nintendo didn't want to go through the hassle of negotiating with an outside party (after already going through MS and Mojang) and made up the excuse that C418's music "didn't fit in a Fighting game" Oddly enough, they were willing to work with 4J for the Legacy Console music. Either that or MS owned some kind of rights to it already.

[@lasagnamafia]

Most of my memories of playing Minecraft comes from this edition. Seeing all of the updates roll out when Java already had them was so fun because you already knew what they did, and getting to the pay with them just felt different in a way. I’m not friends with the people I played with anymore, but I’ll never forget the times that I spent with them. Wether it was doing terrible roleplaying on creative, or beating the ended dragon in survival, I had so much fun. I remember when we were trying to get “The Lie” achievement, I had to look for sugar cane because there was none nearby. It became night and I just couldn’t find any, until finally I got to the edge of the world I found tons, and was so happy that I ran back and almost died, and then we all got the achievement. It’s not a significant memory, but it’s one of many that I have that make me nostalgic and happy

[@MrDucklangTech]

I got console edition in 2014, I loved it and still hop on for a few rounds of mini games quite a lot! Something else I noticed is how well optimised it is, i used to play split screen with my friend all the time on the legacy edition and never had any issues across all the mini games and regular worlds. But on the bedrock edition whenever we played splitscreen there was always a noticeable drop in performance even though it wasn’t a power demanding world.

[@someguystudios23]

You know they did something wrong if the new version of the game literally runs worse on newer consoles.

[@RedstoneRuler]

It's the way it handles it. For example, on the Xbox 360 edition, if another player joins, rather than keep the FPS cap at 60 and never reach it, it intentionally halfs its framerate to 30 FPS, which it can reach just fine and keeps it feeling stable.

[@HappyMatt12345]

I think my favorite thing about the legacy console editions thinking back was how well optimized they were. In modern Minecraft java edition, no matter how good your computer is, you always seem to run into frame-rate problems in vanilla Minecraft, and it can be quite annoying sometimes. I don't think I ever had any problems with my frame-rate on the 360. Modern Java edition on the other hand runs like crap sometimes, especially if I play without any optimization mods, it takes upwards of a minute for my frame-rate to reach a stable 60, and it's gotten worse since the 1.18 update whenever I visit updated chunks in my world. Usually this isn't an issue for me because I play with Optifine installed, but I'd be willing to argue that the existence of optimization mods proves Mojang could optimize Minecraft better, any change that can be modded into a game can be just as easily added on the developers side. I know limited worlds accounts for some of the difference, but Mojang definitely could (and should imo) invest some time into improving Minecraft's performance. I want to clarify that my PC is farily decent, and I don't run into performance issues in many games that I play, Minecraft is one of the few exceptions. tbh the fact I can run games 5x as graphically intense as Minecraft at a more stable frame-rate is kind of hilarious.

[@Tornado2409]

So you're saying that my old Dell (ex)office computer from 2011 will play the game as well as a fully built gaming PC?

[@xaluephire1859]

No, you’re somewhat right. I have a gaming laptop and even when it was brand new I struggled to get 60 fps stable despite having the specs to get 200 on Java… bedrock is a mess

[@erlejomo]

Lol build a couple auto farms and 360 lags like a mf

[@ola_ola._.]

oh god no, dont get me wrong tho legacy is great but framerate is everything but stable, there is a lot of constant lag spikes (on ps3 specially)

[@kadeorade5296]

Brooooo this is the most nostalgic video ever. My, my sister and my brother would play Minecraft together all on the same console, screen split three ways. My sister always got the biggest screen because she’s the oldest of us, we’d play the mini games all the time and me and my brother would play the mashup worlds that I didn’t even know were based off of anything because our family is super religious and controlling, we were barely ever allowed to play because of that but we still did, I remember playing on the Halloween mashup pack when my parents weren’t home and feeling so sneaky. God. I’m buying the game again, I still have the console but it barely works. I don’t care. I need to do this again.

[@circqles]

claim your still playing legacy to this day ticket here

[@thepartygoat8598]

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[@youtubepaste]

I was able to recreate the legacy console edition of Minecraft on Bedrock edition using resource packs. I've also changed many controls and settings to make it the most like legacy console edition, and I may make a tutorial about it.

[@youtubepaste]

@@HotBean GitHub repo for a resource pack has been taken down so I may have to make some kind of MediaFire link for it, but yes I am working on it right now. Maybe next time I may compile all the resource packs into one. I kinda figured out how to do some of it

[@HotBean]

@@youtubepaste nice

[@jordanwardle11]

@@youtubepaste github and mojang are both owned by microsoft...

[@youtubepaste]

@@jordanwardle11 Really? Nice. Still doesn't change the fact that the repository for a single minecraft resource pack is missing

[@beakieboss]

Dude that would be amazing

[@leastmilk6298]

Also on the superflat worlds mineshafts and strongholds would generate above ground, which is missing from any other version of minecraft and was really fun.

[@OllieCreates]

Yeah I loved the floating strongholds, very fun for parkour

[@ddarkon1223]

This entire video gave me chills, years of fun, all gone Damn I miss simpler times

[@AnkhaPvP]

I still play on the Wii U to this day. Even though I got my very own copy of the game on my computer, I still find it somewhat interesting to go back and play on the game with my old Wii U friends. It genuinely made my childhood.

[@toast8221]

I was a Wii u player too then switched to the switch

[@Tornado2409]

You make me want to dust off my Wii U and get mining Even though I played on my PS3 most of the time.

[@aadenboy]

I especially loved being able to join random Minecraft worlds, and seeing whatever things others made. There was Pokémon battles, custom minigames, grinding games, etc. I want something like that again... being put into a random public world and not knowing what gameplay you're gonna get.

[@aadenboy]

oh hello me from one year ago

[@Spiffyo]

Legacy too me felt like a bunch of theater kids getting to do a trendy play thats popular, though not perfect, they got alot done for what was needed and people enjoy it. By the time the theater put their show out of the schedule, they thanked everyone and gave a polite bow before leaving the play for their own things. You can still watch the play from when people recorded it on a device, but you know that at the time it was better to be there to enjoy it.

[@rankieth]

Personally, I think Legacy console shouldn’t have been cancelled. It still had potential to be something great, but Microsoft pulled the plug before it ever reached that potential

[@TheGreenninja0]

The greatest feature was 4 player coop, was rlly useful, especially when you are younger, the next best feature was the skins, they were just epic, after that probs the mini games, those are the main things I remember

[@SKCro.]

I actually abused that feature in the demo version to keep playing for as long as possible. If you paused on the first player, the demo timer would stop for other players even if they aren't paused. So I'd dig player 1 a hole to stay in and keep them paused while I played as player 2 :P

[@TheGreenninja0]

@@SKCro. lol epic

[@StupidStuart1]

Dude I remember playing the TU1 demo world when I was first introduced to MC, 4J Studios really put in the work to make sure our experiance was enjoyable on console, thanks 4J Studios for the amazing work to service the console playerbase!

[@TheDurka]

Every time I hear the background music in a world (on this version), I can just feel the nostalgia flowing through my veins.

[@christhemonkey7867]

One thing that will always make me love the legacy version is the crafting menu. Its so organized everything has its own category and you can see what you need for the item your crafting instead of having to search it up.

[@xLiam1]

This video reminded me of the features that were blatantly taken away on bedrock edition. Also, I’m blown away by how small your channel is! You definitely deserve more - +1 sub (:

[@dbplayz1446]

I really wish I could go back to that era there were so many things I remembered and things that imo should be in the current, modern version of minecraft

[@noidparanoid1]

I grew up with Minecraft Console Edition when I couldn't play Java properly in my PC. I miss this edition and I loved every memory I had with friends, strangers, exploring the festive or medieval maps, roleplaying, etcetera. Thanks Console Edition!

[@Nugcon]

Playing survival on legacy ps4 is one of the most relaxing experiences I've had in my life

[@andresobon8714]

I remember really cherishing every single console edition update. Back then I was the only one of my friends with Java edition so i played more console to play with them too, because console edition was always a bit behind in content it really felt so special to have youtubers like ibxtoycat and eckosoldier cover all the little hints 4j gave us about what to expect next. Such a comforting community for lil me and such an amazing game studio. I could seriously go on for hours about how different it hit to play on console edition back then

[@Hankbot]

I just wanna say that some of the music for the minigames (I think just the more basic ones) found their way onto smash bros, which I find really neat and nostalgic.

[@cuddlecakes7153]

It's kinda cool, but people are going to think they came from Smash Bros

[@Tornado2409]

The thing I hate about the Smash DLC is that the only music other than the minigame music (which was still remixed) was from Dungeons, not actual Minecraft.

[@Hankbot]

@@Tornado2409 In all honesty though, only pigstep could work as actual battle music, since the rest is very peaceful and/or neutral.

[@muodo6578]

This brung back alot of good memories, thank you.

[@jackeagle75]

This was so nostalgic, very high quality video aswell, well done!

[@AlexisLMAO]

As a long time Legacy Console Edition player, this was the version of Minecraft that brought me into the game. It still holds up (imo) to this day in terms of quality and overall content it had to offer compared to the other versions of LCE. While no longer updated, it doesn't stop me from still playing the game after 10 years from its original release. Nowadays, I speedrun the game and it brings a whole new experience. I'm grateful that I found out about the 360 Edition back in 2012 as the Trial Edition. Happy 10th anniversary LCE!

[@reall6229]

I remember my brothers and I always checking out and playing the mashup packs on our Xbox all the time and just exploring everything. Best part was, they were free to play to the extent that you just couldn’t save the world. I loved them so much!

[@bokuwabrayden]

Thank you 4j for the amazing memories, all the care you put into these ports made my childhood. Also i miss the gamma feature it made it feel lower contrast and idk why but i loved it.

[@h3vonlyh3ll9]

Your giving me the memory’s with the feels the good times I had on this game my god

[@THEGamingninjaGamingPC]

Me and my brother started playing Minecraft Xbox 360 just a few days after it's release, and it was one of the only games we played for years, I don't even know how many thousands of hours we played on our Xbox 360. 4J did such an amazing job with the console port, I still remember how excited we were running around out world trying out hunger and sprinting when TU5 came out, and how crazy TU9 was adding the end, I will never forget Minecraft Xbox 360 edition. Still have our first world, I revisit it from time to time, even tried re-imaging it using the same seed on Beta 1.7.3 on PC, also tried the same seed with the Mango Pack, built an Aether portal in the same spot where I had tried 10 years earlier, not going to lie my eyes watered a little bit seeing it work.

[@MattNL]

This game changed my life, and I met so many amazing people when I played, including one of my best friends, who I've now known for about 9 years. We still talk every day, just like back in the Xbox parties. With that being said, this is a fantastic video. You put a ton of effort into this. It deserves more views. ^^ Fantastic job!

[@OllieCreates]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@MattNL]

@@OllieCreates Absolutely! From one small creator to another, you deserve more attention. (:

[@cooperthompson4850]

I'm relatively new to minecraft and first played it on my Xbox in 2015 on legacy console. My disk still works and I sometimes will boot it up and relive some of the nostalgic features. Every topic in this video brought a smile to my face. Thanks for making it.

[@asianspaz]

I'm so glad you mentioned custom flat worlds. I remember spending so many hours on my super flat worlds and building in creative and survival mode as a kid. And yes I was one of those people who often switched their gamemode.

[@Tornado2409]

I switched gamemodes too lol

[@Gilgamesh97C]

Looking forward to the Big Title Updates were always a great joy to see

[@lmandino9248]

Wow. Really well made video. So cool that you’re a new up and coming KZbinr. Please keep doing more.

[@imzpumpkin]

I truly loved playing mini games and tutorial worlds. I'll never forget the memories

[@sharkx8176]

i loved how simple and unique the legacy edition was, it added its own flair and nostalgia. 4J also put alot of care into the legacy edition

[@AyaanThe0ne]

Great video, I think the best memory I ever had was when I got the physical disc, I was so enchanted over the cover and kept reading the back cover just excited to play Minecraft for the first time and be like Stampy or DanTDM and play what they played.

[@dockerb3159]

This is such an amazing video for nostalgia and just in general

[@scrumptiousu8832]

This tears me up, I remember watching videos on how build battle was going to get added.

[@wolfsyncc]

i wish i could go back and appreciate legacy more, it made me love minecraft and i even still have my bed creeper texture, posters, my curtains are creeper themed, minecraft changed my life and its all because of legacy

[@jamesallen5389]

Once I died in lava with diamond armor. I just exited the game without saving and I came back with my diamond armor like nothing ever happened.

[@maxgonder8120]

This may be late, but I just want to leave a comment saying how much I enjoyed this video. The nostalgia gave me chills, and the video was so well put together. I am definitely subscribing, and leaving a like.

[@Alex-mc8ru]

Another feature I just love is joining any friends that were in a world at the time. You wouldnt have to make a realm or find a server creator online (like you have to now) you would just simply go to the friends tab and the little blinking white font would get you so excited to see a friend in their world.

[@LukasRO28]

The feeling when you were playing the fight minigame with your friends and everyone was hyped and happy when one of you won

[@sajmonw3790]

Console Minecraft gave me so many memories. I remember playing it on ps3 and having so much fun 🤩

[@Doc202]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane! PS3 and PSV crossplay was amazing back in the day

[@ethangilbertmedia]

fantastic video mate, Minecraft X360 was by far the biggest part of my childhood, playing more than 6 hours every day from 2012 - 2018 ish until Bedrock released. So many memories and friends some that I still talk to to this day. Long Live Minecraft Legacy.

[@astatinedeposit5648]

I remember the original crafting menu for xbox 360 being really nice and simple to use (but that may have just been that there weren't very many blocks in that day). Almost wish they could bring that back in some way.

[@tiny1138]

I remember when i was young, with no stress or pressure, inviting my friends over to play minecraft on my ps4, we would play mini-games and work on our survival world from after school to near dinner

[@DRAGEND_]

Thank you for this nostalgic video very good video I enjoyed watching it!

[@nplsm]

I'm a bit late to this video but I gotta say thanks for talking about the gamma, it's such a minor yet essential part of the legacy edition, I remember playing it and watching let's plays too, it's probably what makes old console Minecraft so nostalgic imo

[@KingstonDope]

I used to play battle and change the settings to make it last as long as possible and then drop 70 kill games haha. The mob heads, discs, and all the secrets were the best. And the out of bounds glitch with the Elytra, damn good times. Kicking anyone who joined because I want to get the secrets instead of playing. I once played for 14 hours STRAIGHT at the age of 11 of something

[@SlaytJ]

Another really cool thing is the uniqueness in the skins, the birthday pack upside down skins, the tiny stars skins, so much variety that doesn’t look stupid or unnecessary like bedrock does

[@brickistic8188]

This was a great video, not only shedding light on the 360 but just legacy in general. I'm a Vita player and I love the legacy console version, they just have there own feel to them

[@Insulinkrieger]

Thank you for this legandary Video!

[@FireworkGappy]

My brother always said he didn't understand why I loved Legacy Edition so much if I had always played Java the most. This video explains it perfectly. The first veraion I played was the PS3 Edition at a far-related cousin, and I was amazed. I had never played Minecraft myself, but I had watched gameplays. After some years, I finally was able to purchase Minecraft on my Nintendo switch, and I remember all the ama,ing memories I made with it, from my first complete gigantic house, to spending lots of hours racing my ghosts, I even made a friend who I communicated with through the use of signs. There will never ever be an experience like Legacy, and I'm sad it's now but a memorial of past times... This video was great, and I'm sorry if my English is a bit broken, I'm just really hit.

[@thegeckler4719]

I remember First playing it 10 years ago. And being extremely hyped for the 1.8.2 Update. Still remember how random the Update that included potions, and Enchanting was, Remember no news about it and it just coming out in December 2012. Still I made a creative world in December 2012 and I still play on it to this day :')

[@DecadesRemain]

I always loved the festive minecraft world. The music, the world, the sounds made it so good.

[@ThighFish]

This really captured what makes Console Edition so nostalgic. Amazing video! I still listen to minigame music to this day. At least it was acknowledged in Smash.

[@NelsonRX]

It has such unique feel to it. I still play it on Wii U because there was no update to Bedrock Edition but honestly I'm happy about it. Bedrock is in fact Pocket Edition with different name and it only works good on phones.

[@Kiralmao]

Kinda sad how they did the Wii U version

[@SW73_]

They also did the using pocket edition as another game edition with Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition during the time of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition.

[@Techghoul23]

I very much did love every hour i spent on it, i still revisit it i just cant see mc as better in the new console editions

[@zero-ej6rt]

I sure love how it feels to fly in creative or fly an elytra in these legacy versions, when i tried vivecraft and tried to fly in creative using vr, the way it felt trew me right back to legacy edition console Minecraft, i love it

[@skewddle]

amazing video brought back some memories

[@tails183]

One thing not mentioned about the skin system is how they could have unique shapes, sizes, and capes on them. A baby ghast would be over a block off the ground while the ender dragon man had a wing cape. To this day I still use the hot goblin skin from the limited release Summer of Arcade skin pack, but on Java Edition and personally updated to utilize the clothing layer. It's the one I became known for and will keep using. The 360 edition is where I got started, where I started making adventure maps, and where a lot of good times were had. The custom music for even the "generic" mash-up packs are amazing and those worlds shouldn't be glossed over because they aren't as special-sounding as Skyrim or Adventure Time--they are still massive and beautifully made. And I really liked the limited world sizes (especially when someone knew how to mod the game to get every item). Due to it being only ~900x900 (I think), it made online worlds very connected where you could find rail systems and waterways to everyone's places. Heck, even the Nether and End were getting towns in one server I was a part of!

[@Whitecat372]

I remember making custom TNT flat worlds in this, and the best thing was the TNT explosions didn't even hurt the performance, 60fps and no dips. Also one of the things I loved in it was the very fast startup speeds which was like 5 seconds if I remember correctly on a PS4, much much better than Bedrock on the same console (Bedrock takes like 5 minutes on the PS4 and runs badly on the system)

[@SW73_]

Console edition is awesome.

[@danielk8364]

Man you deserve more subs this video is so good. I also love the legacy edition, but now that i got a ps4 and mostly download digitally i cant go back to legacy, i miss when the game was more simple.

[@corruptedplayer]

i am a player from a few months before elytras were added to the console port, and honestly i miss this time more and more. coming home from school to play minigames and eventually finding my friends (i still regret not giving them my contact information. i really miss them) it was so fun and a needed time for me

[@theczhekism]

main thing I love about console edition is the optimization, they really squeezed out as much as possible out of those consoles, and did it with 8 chunk render distance, fps that was actually stable, and visuals that even surpass modern versions (in my opinion) on vanilla 1.20 I can barely go a few seconds without suffering constant microstutters, fps that varies extremely, even with multiple graphical settings turned down to low or off, and at 6 chunk render distance, and I'm sure I could go and buy a 4090 machine and still get noticeable frame drops even on something like vanilla bedrock because of how god awful the optimization is