You used to be able to play Minecraft classic directly on minecraft.net

catgirlinspace · 2025-05-26T23:15:16 1748301316

It still exists at https://classic.minecraft.net/

Thorrez · 2025-05-26T23:32:08 1748302328

I was confused because I thought Minecraft was originally Java, but that is Javascript. Wikipedia explains:

>On 7 May, 2019, coinciding with Minecraft's 10th anniversary, a JavaScript recreation of an old 2009 Java Edition build named Minecraft Classic was made available to play online for free.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft

JLCarveth · 2025-05-27T16:46:23 1748364383

Wow! I had no idea, it even supports up to 9 additional players.

charcircuit · 2025-05-27T00:11:06 1748304666

The full game was available on minecraft.net for many years. At times it was the only way to play multiplayer when the authentication server would go down.