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Java applets were the original way to run Minecraft. It worked by allowing the Java game to run in the web browser for players to access without having to download a launcher or client. The pages that allowed running Minecraft in the browser were gradually taken down after the Minecraft Launcher was released, superceding browser play.
Minecraft was originally hosted as an applet on Mojang.com before being moved to Minecraft.net.
Different development phases of the game were hosted at different URLs. This meant that players could use newer test builds while still having access to the stable game. The exception is mptest, which overwrites the clients used by other pages.
| URL [note 1][note 2] |
Created | Taken offline | Game versions |
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| www.mojang.com/notch/minecraft/ | May 16, 2009 | Dec 11, 2014 ~ May 19, 2015[note 3] | mc-161607–0.0.12a_03 |
| www.minecraft.net/play.jsp | May 22, 2009 | Sep 8~15, 2011[note 4] | Classic 0.0.13a–0.0.14a_08; 0.0.16a_02 (final reupload) – 0.0.23a_01; & 0.28–0.30 Creative |
| www.minecraft.net/mptest/index.jsp | May 31, 2009 | ? | Classic 0.0.15a-1–0.0.15a_03 |
| www.minecraft.net/mptest.jsp | June 7, 2009 | Jun 12, 2009 ~ Nov 2016; probably 2010 | Classic 0.0.16a–0.0.16a_02 |
| www.minecraft.net/survivaltest/index.jsp | Sep 1, 2009 | Dec 12~17, 2010 | Classic 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST – 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST & 0.30 Survival |
| www.minecraft.net/indev/index.jsp | Dec 23, 2009 | Sep 18, 2010 | Indev 0.31-20091223 – 20100223 |
| www.minecraft.net/infdev/index.jsp | Feb 27, 2010 | Sep 18, 2010 | Infdev 20100227 – 20100627 |
| www.minecraft.net/game/ | Jun 29, 2010 | Sep 8~15, 2011 | Infdev 20100629 – Beta 1.7.3 |
| www.minecraft.net/play | Jul~Sep 2011 | Oct 20 ~ Nov 23, 2016 | Beta 1.8 – release 1.5.2 |
| www.minecraft.net/classic/play | Sep 8~15, 2011 | Oct 2~12, 2015 | Classic 0.30_01c |
| minecraft.net/demo | ? | ? | ? |
This is a sample of the applet code, from May 25, 2009:[1]
<applet code="org.lwjgl.util.applet.AppletLoader" archive="client/lwjgl_util_applet.jar, client/lzma.jar" codebase="" width="854" height="480"> <param name="al_title" value="Minecraft" /> <param name="al_main" value="com.mojang.minecraft.MinecraftApplet" /> <param name="al_logo" value="client/logo_small.png" /> <param name="al_progressbar" value="appletprogress.gif" /> <param name="al_jars" value="client/lwjgl_applet.jar.pack.lzma, client/lwjgl.jar.pack.lzma, client/jinput.jar.pack.lzma, client/lwjgl_util.jar.pack.lzma, client/res.jar.lzma, client/minecraft.jar" /> <param name="al_windows" value="client/windows_natives.jar.lzma" /> <param name="al_linux" value="client/linux_natives.jar.lzma" /> <param name="al_mac" value="client/macosx_natives.jar.lzma" /> <param name="al_solaris" value="client/solaris_natives.jar.lzma" /> <param name="al_version" value="5.17" /> <param name="separate_jvm" value="true" /> <param name="java_arguments" value="-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dsun.awt.noerasebackground=true -Dsun.java2d.d3d=false -Dsun.java2d.opengl=false -Dsun.java2d.pmoffscreen=false" /> <param name="al_bgcolor" value="000000" /> <param name="al_fgcolor" value="ffffff" /> <param name="al_errorcolor" value="ff0000" /> <param name="al_prepend_host" value="true" /> </applet>
al_version is an identifier used to determine whether to pull an existing version from disc cache. The rest of the parameters either set up the jar entry points or Java environment or set up the visual display of the applet.
The .jar is downloaded to the user's temporary folder on disc.
The subpath of the temporary folder differs based on the applet page the game is being played on.
| URL | Temp directory |
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www.mojang.com/notch/minecraft,( www.)minecraft.net/mptest/,( www.)minecraft.net/mptest.jsp
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%temp%/Minecraft/
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(www.)minecraft.net/play.jsp,( www.)minecraft.net/mptest.jsp,( www.)minecraft.net/classic/play
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%temp%/(www.)minecraft.net/Minecraft/
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(www.)minecraft.net/survivaltest/
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%temp%/(www.)minecraft.net/Minecraft_creeper_test/
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(www.)minecraft.net/indev/
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%temp%/(www.)minecraft.net/Minecraft_sneakpeek/
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(www.)minecraft.net/infdev/
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%temp%/(www.)minecraft.net/Minecraft_infdev/
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Starting from Infdev 20100629, it is now located on disc at
%appdata%/.minecraft/bin/ (used by minecraft.net/game/).
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index.jsp in the URLs is optional.
www in addition to the bare domain. For mojang.com, the www subdomain is the only one.
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