Minecraft Version History
Additions
Added command /kill for multiplayer, which deals 1000 × 500 damage to the player.
Added small lakes and rare lava pools, both on the surface and randomly in caves.
Fixes
Items no longer get used when opening chests (e.g., food being eaten, lava being poured out, etc.)
Breaking a boat in a certain fashion no longer causes it to drop 4 times the normal amount.
Patched client to prevent duplicated entities.
Fixed a crash bug when destroying the vehicle from under a ...
Release Date: 2010-12-03
Changes
Removed command /home.
Fixes
6 bugs fixed
Fixed a memory leak bug in the server.
Riding carts and boats now works properly when the player travel long distances.
Harvesting crops no longer yields fake seeds.
Snowballs are given again.
Fixed a door bug.
Release Date: 2010-11-30
Fixes
1 bug fixed
All mobs can spawn again, not just creepers.
Release Date: 2010-11-30
Fixes
2 bugs fixed
Fixed single player mode.
Fixed infinite looping by disabling leaf decay.
Release Date: 2010-11-24
Additions
The player's current coordinates are now shown in the debug screen.
Leaves now decay again.
Added visible hurting animations for players and mobs in multiplayer.
Added the ability to attack entities (mobs, boats, minecraft, and players) in multiplayer.
Changes
The debug screen is now only shown while holding F3.
Fixes
Fixed a crash related to lighting.
Players in boats and minecarts now receive terrain updates.
Release Date: 2010-11-23
Additions
Support for more animation settings added
Changes
Lava
Now flows further in the Nether
Main Menu
Now contains the texture pack selection menu for easy texture pack switching, replacing the "play tutorial level" button.
Displays the version name in the top-left corner.
Servers
It now takes longer for the "took too long to log in" screen to appear when connecting to a server.
Release Date: 2010-11-10
Debugging version
Alpha v1.2.2b added generation of a nether portal using F4.
Release Date: 2010-11-09
Fixes
Fixed armor not having an effect on the damage taken.
Release Date: 2010-11-05
Changes
Mob spawning reverted to old code.
Leaves particle colors now reflect the biome instead of having the grayscale texture.
Fixes
Signs on the sides of cacti no longer crash the game.
Optimized CPU usage for mob spawning.
Music now plays in multiplayer.
Release Date: 2010-11-05
Changes
Soul sand generates again in the Nether.
Fixes
Items no longer disappear when the player dies.
Release Date: 2010-10-31
Changes
Soul Sand no longer generates in the Nether, replaced with gravel. Existing soul sand will not disappear.
Armor no longer blocks damage.
Release Date: 2010-10-31
Additions
New terrain generator, featuring biomes
Blocks
Netherrack Soul Sand Glowstone Carved Pumpkin Jack o'Lantern Nether Portal
Items
Clock
Craftable item that tells the time
Glowstone Dust Raw Fish and Cooked Fish
Mobs
Ghast
Large white mobs that float around the Nether.
Shoot fireballs at the player
Zombie Pigman
When one pigman is attacked all nearby pigmen will retaliate and attack the ...
Release Date: 2010-10-30
Changes
Minecraft now downloads resources from the cloud.
Fixes
Sound and music bug fixed.
Release Date: 2010-09-23
Changes
Removed track calm4.ogg
Fixes
Attempted to fix a bug involving sounds
Gray screen bug is fixed
Release Date: 2010-09-20
Additions
Compass
Server side inventory
Changes
Experimental switch to turn on monsters in multiplayer
Lava Buckets can be used to smelt up to 100 smelts
Clay is more common when a world is generated
Servers will now save player locations upon leaving the server
Fixes
Torches can no longer be placed on leaves, but only with fancy graphics
Chests, Signs and Furnaces now work in SMP
Reupload
Alpha v1.1.0 was reuploaded on September 13, 2010, to fix a bug where the player ...
Release Date: 2010-09-10
Fixed some instances of the player getting stuck
Release Date: 2010-08-23
Additions
Server commands
Added ban/pardon commands to ban and unban a player from the game.
Added ban-ip/pardon-ip commands to ban and unban specific IP addresses.
Added op/deop commands to add/remove a player from the operator list.
Added server operators. They can send server commands by typing a slash followed by a server command. Server operators can also build/destroy blocks near the spawn area.
Changes
Support for more records.
Release Date: 2010-08-12
Additions
Arm-swinging animation added, viewable in multiplayer and in third person view.
Changes
New fire behavior.
Lava sets blocks on fire.
Players can now enter the IP for a server other than Mojang's official server.
Fixes
The "M" of Minecraft on title screen now looks correct.
Release Date: 2010-08-03