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While there is proof of this version's existence, it was never released to the public.

Pre-Classic is the name given to the prototype versions of Minecraft (what is now Java Edition) developed before Classic. It was the very first development phase of the game, lasting for less than a week; very early development of Minecraft started around May 10^[1] or May 11^[2] and ended on May 16, 2009. The phase was originally named "Cave Game" until the game was changed to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone" then finally to "Minecraft".

History

This phase began when Markus Persson (Notch) started working on a "Cave Game". He was influenced to create the game by Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress, Dungeon Keeper, as well as one of his previous games, RubyDung.

The textures used for grass and stone blocks (the latter texture eventually being reworked for cobblestone) were from RubyDung, and internally, the game's class files referred to it as "RubyDung". Other blocks and items were then added, such as saplings, dirt, stone, planks, and more.

Little is known about this development phase, since it was never publicly released, and only Notch could test the versions. Some versions in this phase could previously be seen in videos on Notch's YouTube channel, though most of the videos have been blocked in most countries for unknown reasons.

A tech test was released on May 10, 2009, and was shown in Notch's "Cave game tech test" video (archive).

Five pre-Classic versions are now available to the public through the launcher, with the earliest being rd-132211, originally developed on May 13, 2009.

Features

Physics
Stone
Grass Block
Human mobs
Level Generator
Particles
Dirt
Wooden Planks
Cobblestone
Saplings
Human Spawning: pressing (G)
The Void
The ability to respawn somewhere else on the world by pressing (R)
Placing blocks by left-clicking
Destroying blocks by right-clicking

Versions

Trivia

Breaking a block will not drop anything, because the ability to drop an item was not yet added.
There are human mobs and it is from another one of Notch's games, Zombie Town.
When loading a pre-Classic version using the launcher, instead of it being called "Minecraft" it is simply titled "Game".
The name "Order of the Stone" was later reused in Minecraft: Story Mode as a legendary group of adventurers.
The naming system in this phase was "id-ddhhmm", where "id" stands for the game's initials ("rd" for RubyDung, an earlier project of Notch's, and "mc" for Minecraft in later, public versions of pre-Classic), dd was the day of the month, hh was the hour released, and mm was the minute released, so rd-132211 was released on May 13 at 22:11 (10:11 pm). An exception to this system is rd-20090515, which just uses the full date in the year-month-day format.
The majority of all of pre-Classic versions that were made are now considered lost as their downloads no longer exist.
In the test, the ability to place blocks was not added yet.
This is the only development stage to have all original builds lost.

References

↑ "About the game" (Archive) – Minecraft, June 2009.
↑ Rotab's IRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090525.log. May 25, 2009 (UTC+2). "(10:40:09) <@Notch> heh, the game game tech test video is from the 13'th"[...]"(10:40:18) <@Notch> that was after two days of work, so I started the 11'th, probably"

[1] "About the game" (Archive) – Minecraft, June 2009.

[11th-2] Rotab's IRC logs on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090525.log. May 25, 2009 (UTC+2). "(10:40:09) <@Notch> heh, the game game tech test video is from the 13'th"[...]"(10:40:18) <@Notch> that was after two days of work, so I started the 11'th, probably"

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-{{Gamemode
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-| name = Minecraft Pre-Classic
+{{Unreleased version}}
-| image = PreClassicMap.png
+{{Development phase
-| startver = Pre 0.0.0 (May 10, 2009)
+|title=Pre-Classic/Cave Game
-| currentver = Pre 0.0.9a (May 16, 2009)
+|image=Pre-Classic rd-132211.png
-| paid = No
+|startver=[[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131655|''Cave game tech test'']]<br>(May 13, 2009)
-| website = N/A
+|currentver=[[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161648|Java Edition Classic 0.0.1a]] (May 16, 2009)
-}}
+|paid=No
-'''Pre-classic''' is the name given to versions released before [[Classic]]. It was part of the first development phase in [[Minecraft]]. The phase was originally named Cave Game until the game was changed to Minecraft.
+|website=N/A
+|nextparent=Java Edition Classic
+|latestver=supposedly [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161648|mc-161648]] (May 16, 2009)}}
+'''Pre-Classic''' is the name given to the prototype versions of ''Minecraft'' (what is now ''[[Java Edition]]'')  developed before [[Classic]]. It was the very first development phase of the game, lasting for less than a week; very early development of ''Minecraft'' started around May 10<ref>{{cite|url=http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp|title=About the game|website=Minecraft|date=June  2009|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090615065538/http://www.minecraft.net/about.jsp}}</ref> or May 11<ref name="11th">[https://archive.org/download/Rotab-Minecraft-IRC-logs Rotab's IRC logs] on Archive.org; #minecraft.20090525.log. May 25, 2009 (UTC+2). "''(10:40:09) <@Notch> heh, the game game tech test video is from the 13'th''"[...]"''(10:40:18) <@Notch> that was after two days of work, so I started the 11'th, probably''"</ref> and ended on May 16, 2009. The phase was originally named "''Cave Game''" until the game was changed to "''Minecraft: Order of the Stone''" then finally to "''Minecraft''".
 ==History==
-[[File:Human Mob.jpg|thumb|250px|The Human mob.]]
+[[File:Human Mob.jpg|thumb|The Human mob.]]
-{{See also|Version history/Pre-classic}}
+{{See also|Java Edition version history#Pre-Classic}}
-Pre-classic began when Notch started working on a game named Cave Game. He was influenced to create minerals by ''[[Infiniminer]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dwarf Fortress|Dwarf Fortress]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dungeon Keeper|Dungeon Keeper]]'', and his previous game ''[[RubyDung]]''.
+This phase began when [[Markus Persson]] (Notch) started working on a "Cave Game". He was influenced to create the game by ''[[Infiniminer]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dwarf Fortress|Dwarf Fortress]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dungeon Keeper|Dungeon Keeper]]'', as well as one of his previous games, ''[[RubyDung]]''.
-[[File:CaveGame.png|thumb|The world of Pre-Classic Alpha (also known as Cave Game).|250px]]
+[[File:CaveGame.png|thumb|The world of Pre-Classic Alpha (also known as Cave Game).]]
-The textures used for [[grass]] and [[cobblestone]] blocks were from ''RubyDung'', then other blocks and items were added, such as [[saplings]], [[dirt]], [[stone]], [[wooden planks]], and more.
+The textures used for [[Grass Block|grass]] and [[stone]] blocks (the latter texture eventually being reworked for [[cobblestone]]) were from ''RubyDung'', and internally, the game's class files referred to it as "RubyDung". Other blocks and items were then added, such as [[sapling]]s, [[dirt]], [[stone]], [[planks]], and more.
+Little is known about this development phase, since it was never publicly released, and only Notch could test the versions. Some versions in this phase could previously be seen in videos on [https://youtube.com/Nizzotch Notch's YouTube channel], though most of the videos have been blocked in most countries for unknown reasons.
-Eventually, after 6 days of development, ''Minecraft'' was first publicly released on May 17, 2009 with version 0.0.11a, the first version in the [[Classic]] development phase.
+A [[Cave game tech test|tech test]] was released on May 10, 2009, and was shown in Notch's [{{ytl|F9t3FREAZ-k}} "Cave game tech test" video] ([{{ytl|ToEFJC1xjU8}} archive]).
-Little is known about this development phase, since it was never publicly released, and only [[Notch]] could test the versions. Every version in this phase can be seen in a few of the videos on [http://www.youtube.com/user/Nizzotch  Notch's YouTube channel].
+Five pre-Classic versions are now available to the public through the [[launcher]], with the earliest being [[rd-132211]], originally developed on May 13, 2009.
-The most well known version in this phase was probably the May 13, 2009 version of Pre 0.0.9a, as it was shown in Notch's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9t3FREAZ-k Cave Game Tech Test] video.
+==Features==
-Several pre-classic versions are now available to the public through the new [[launcher]].
+*[[Physics]]
-==Additions==
+*[[Stone]]
-*Physics
-*[[Cobblestone]]
 *[[Grass Block]]
-*[[Human]] mobs
+*[[Human]] [[mobs]]
-*Level Generator
+*[[Overworld#Generation|Level Generator]]
-*Particles
+*[[Particles]]
-*Full Screen
 *[[Dirt]]
-*[[Wooden Planks]]
+*[[Oak Planks|Wooden Planks]]
-*[[Stone]]
+*[[Cobblestone]]
-*[[Saplings]]
+* [[Sapling]]s
+*[[Human]] Spawning: pressing ({{key|G}})
+*The [[Void]]
+*The ability to respawn somewhere else on the world by pressing ({{key|R}})
+*Placing [[blocks]] by left-clicking
+*Destroying blocks by right-clicking
-==Trivia==
+== Versions ==
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131648]]
-* [[Human]] mobs could be spawned by pressing the {{key|G}} button.
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-131655]]
-* It was possible to respawn someplace on the world by pressing {{key|R}}.
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-132211]]
-* This development phase lasted only 6 days.
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-132328]]
-* This phase was named Cave Game until the game was renamed Minecraft: Order Of The Stone, later changed to simply Minecraft.
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515]]
-* The earliest version of Minecraft pre-classic currently available is called "old-alpha rd-132211" (Pre 0.0.9.a, May 13, 2009) in the new launcher.
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-160052]]
-* In the class files, Minecraft itself is referred to and called "RubyDung".
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-161348]]
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161607]]
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161616]]
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161625]]
+* [[Java Edition pre-Classic mc-161648]]
-==Gallery==
+==Trivia ==
-<gallery>
-File:rd-132211.PNG|The size of the game in rd-132211.
-File:The_Logo_For_Minecraft_rd-132211.PNG|The logo for Minecraft rd-132211
-</gallery>
+*Breaking a block will not drop anything, because the ability to drop an item was not yet added.
-==See also==
+*There are human mobs and it is from another one of Notch's games, ''[[Zombie Town]]''.
+*When loading a pre-Classic version using the [[launcher]], instead of it being called "Minecraft" it is simply titled "Game".
+* The name "Order of the Stone" was later reused in ''[[Minecraft: Story Mode]]'' as [[Minecraft Story Mode:Order of the Stone|a legendary group of adventurers]].
+*The naming system in this phase was "''id''-''ddhhmm''", where "id" stands for the game's initials ("rd" for ''[[RubyDung]]'', an earlier project of Notch's, and "mc" for ''Minecraft'' in later, public versions of pre-Classic), ''dd'' was the day of the month, ''hh'' was the hour released, and ''mm'' was the minute released, so [[rd-132211]] was released on May '''13''' at '''22:11''' (10:11 pm). An exception to this system is [[Java Edition pre-Classic rd-20090515|rd-20090515]], which just uses the full date in the year-month-day format.
+* The majority of all of pre-Classic versions that were made are now considered [[Missing Java Edition versions|lost]] as their downloads no longer exist.
+* In the test, the ability to place [[blocks]] was not added yet.
+* This is the only development stage to have all original builds lost.
+==See also==
-* [[Version history/Classic]]
-* [[Development Cycle]]
+*[[Classic]]
-* [[Indev]]
+*[[Indev]]
-* [[Infdev]]
+*[[Infdev]]
-* [[Alpha]]
+* [[Java Edition Alpha|Alpha]]
-* [[Beta]]
+*[[Java Edition Beta|Beta]]
+*{{el|je}}
-* [[Minecraft 1.0]]
+==References==
-{{Minecraft}}
+{{reflist}}
+{{version history nav}}
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