Minecraft store

The Minecraft store was a joke site created by Notch for April Fools' 2011.

Upon clicking use button on a locked chest in Java Edition Beta 1.4, the prompt shown to the left would appear, and clicking on the "Go to store" button would forward the player to the Minecraft store at https://minecraft.net/store/loot.jsp.

Twelve items were "sold" in the Minecraft store (jump to section), often humorously named.

Upon clicking on the "proceed to checkout" button, the site would trigger a jumpscare in which a Velociraptor from the movie Jurassic Park growled proudly and flew across the screen. Once clicked, the "Proceed" button also changed its display name to "Fiddlesticks!!!1". [sic]

Entering items totaling over $10,000 into the cart caused to screen to start flashing. This was later changed to add a window pop-up that would ask if the visitor was prone to seizures, and clicking "Cancel" would prevent the effect from activating.​^{[more information needed]}

The store page also used the font tf2build.ttf from Team Fortress 2 which is downloadable from here.

On April 2 (the day following April Fools), the store had the addition of a multicolored banner which read "♥ April Fools'! ♥",^[1] accompanied by a MIDI instrumental of Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'. Tobias Möllstam stated that this was "the best script he's written to date."^[2]

The Minecraft store was later removed, and now is a 404 page. An archived version of this page can be found here.

Twelve "items" were "available":

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  Steve Co. Supply Crate Key ($3)
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  Steve Co. Supply Crate Key 5-pack ($18)
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  Miner's Helmet ($21)
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  Name Change ($99)
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  Creeper Saddle ($42)
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  Secret Griefer Identity ($155)
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  Enlargement Pill ($2)
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  Response from Support ($494)
• Three "coming soon" items (priced at $75, $7, and $1499)
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  Regular Padlock ($8)
  • Used the same image as the "coming soon" items.

• The store, as well as the locked chests which link to them, are a reference to the Mann Co. Supply Crates^[3] from Team Fortress 2. These crates, obtainable through the item drop system, require a key to open; said key must be purchased for $2.49 in the in-game shop called Mann Co. Store in order to open the crate.^[4]
• This may have been what Notch was talking about in his Twitter post about a "silly secret project".^[5]
• The 5-key pack is actually $3 more than 5 single keys, the difference worth a sixth key.
• The archived page is available in reduced functionality here.
• The script that caused the Velociraptor to appear contains a reference to the Konami Code:

// Determine Entrance
if(options.enterOn=='timer'){
setTimeout(init,options.delayTime);
}elseif(options.enterOn=='click'){
_this.bind('click',function(e){
e.preventDefault();
if(!locked){
init();
}
})
}elseif(options.enterOn=='konami-code'){
varkkeys=[],konami="38,38,40,40,37,39,37,39,66,65";
$(window).bind("keydown.raptorz",function(e){
kkeys.push(e.keyCode);
if(kkeys.toString().indexOf(konami)>=0){
init();
$(window).unbind('keydown.raptorz');
}
},true);

• 👁 The store after it goes to "seizure-mode".
  
  The store after it goes to "seizure-mode".
• 👁 The window popup about the "seizure-mode" as it appears in Internet Explorer.
  
  The window popup about the "seizure-mode" as it appears in Internet Explorer.
• 👁 How the store appeared after April Fools'.
  
  How the store appeared after April Fools'.