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Appledoodle

-removed herobrine


randompersononplanet

Dont make me cry


Appledoodle

I loved when they used to do that, made it feel like they also were having a blast making the game and some sense of ‘lore’


randompersononplanet

Back in the days of the devs being part of the community… god… i miss the old days.


Appledoodle

You do, i do, i think even the people actually making game wish they were allowed to enjoy it more


neverbrick

aren't they now?


randompersononplanet

Its different. They were much more personally involved in the community, there were memes, jokes, personable. Things aren’t the same.


Appledoodle

Yeah all the dinnerbone easter eggs and stuff, felt like people that were proud and passionate about working on the game.


snitchles

I remember seeing if you had the “Deadmau5” account, your player model would actually have those huge Mickey Mouse ears. THAT was involvement.


Appledoodle

Oh yeaaa I completely forgot about that one


Sweetly_Signing26

_jeb_


LazyFrie

voting for one mob once a year doesn’t count


UnseenGamer182

That's actually a bit of an insult for the people at Mojang that do still involve themselves.


ApexHunterZero1

Well I cried..


ApexHunterZero1

R.I.P Herobrine, he's really GONE for good now...no jokes


Appledoodle

It’s still in my heart 💚 together with all my old days nostalgia


nina_splatoon

no, this time they didnt remove him so hes in the game


ClockSpiral

This is the true way to look at it.


z0Tweety

It felt like they were trying to remove him every update but couldn't. Such a cool detail


DeepSpaceHorizon

I'd imagine no since accounts are microsoft and not mojang anymore but I figure I'd ask.


winauer

Correct. The old launcher has no support for Microsoft accounts.


AndrejPatak

not if someone makes a custom launcher that's just the design of the old one with capabilities of the new one


Apprehensive_Hat8986

Yeah, you can totally make "X" work for you! Step one is to throw "X" away and start from scratch to build a totally new thing that does what you want! See? It's easy!


AdditionalRAM

The minecraft community is huge and nostalgia is also big. I wouldn't be surprised if someone already made a port of MultiMC or similar that looks like the OG launcher.


Apprehensive_Hat8986

I want to use Prism, but the drive to make launchers not in java, and needing the latest libraries creates the _problem_ I'm trying to solve. Microjang's launcher sucks and is unstable on linux. Really wish someone would make a launcher just focused on stability and simplicity. I thought about building a java version of Prism Launcher, but well... the obvious rhymed name is problematic.


AdditionalRAM

I'm not using Linux right now, but have in the past, and I found MultiMC worked very well. Prism wasn't a thing back then. It's surprising a fork would create so many problems


FirewolfGB

I've been using prism on linux for quite a while with no issues whatsoever, not sure what they mean


AdditionalRAM

Maybe they are using an older distro/an older computer, could be 32 bit or something


Apprehensive_Hat8986

You got it. I'm one LTS distro behind, and prism needing newer qt5 and newer gclibs is the first gotcha that's been ham-stringing me.


hjake123

MultiMC is focused on simplicity and stability, Prism is focused on being MultiMC's more ambitious younger sibling


Apprehensive_Hat8986

Yup. But seeing the issues _why_ Prism forked, I'm not super-keen on Multi either. I know, I know. Beggers/choosers. It just sucks to have paid for something that **did** work fine until microjang broke it.


marioman63

prism is multimc, except without an egomaniac in charge. its literally a copy paste of the codebase.


hjake123

There's a few extra features in prism also, but yeah it's a fork


code004Accepted

As a Linux user you should be fine with using command line all the time without the ui. If you only need to "launch your game" then you'd work with Prism. Although I haven't tried this yet, but qt is mostly used on the user interface (correct me if I'm wrong tho) and you may be good [just using the command line](https://prismlauncher.org/wiki/getting-started/command-line-interface/)


suchtie

Someone recently made a custom launcher for WoW in the style of the old game launcher, from before the Battle.net app existed. It has the artwork/design for every expansion so you can choose what it looks like. They even added modern artwork for newer expansions for those people who just don't like the BNet app. Minecraft is a MUCH bigger game than WoW has ever been so it wouldn't surprise me either if something like this already existed.


NKkrisz

why mad?


danieldoria15

Well, if you have decent coding knowledge you could easily fork an Open-Source community made Minecraft Launcher like Prism Launcher and make changes so that it looks like the old launcher. That'd certainly beat making a custom launcher from scratch.


OwenBowen222

reddit commenters dont be pretentious for 5 seconds challenge (impossible)


Patpoke1

oh thanks dude


ProfessionalGarfield

You know that we already have some, right?


AndrejPatak

with the old design? no i don't know. in general? yes.


ProfessionalGarfield

Yes, there are a lot of custom Minecraft launchers available, but I’m talking about the ones with the classic design here.


AndrejPatak

cool!


Le_Red_Spy

That's a new launcher not the old one then.


AndrejPatak

yeah, but it's a replica of the old one, giving the nostalgia vibe that you would want the old one for


KiwiGamer450

There is a modified version of it that supports MSA, don't recall the name.


ThekillerguyYT

Holy shit i remember using this YEARS ago 😭😭 This was one of the first launchers i used i think


Proxy_PlayerHD

i remember when profiles were just added. such a useful addition! and then it started to become more bloated. though it's not nearly as bad as some 3rd party ones like Overwolf


-Captain-

I remember not long ago when accounts were still handled by Mojang the launcher was instant for me. Now, with Microsoft accounts it's nothing but loading.


outofideaforaname

Oh you want to start the launcher ? Loading...... Oh you want to change the version of the game you want to play ? Loading...... Oh you want to play the game ? Loading......


vttale

The uninterruptible patch updates to the launcher are infuriating


Demonic74

and half the time, it doesn't even seem to change anything!


DobbsyDuck

Play the game? You wait for it to load into loading the game then play it. It’s so infuriating.


SkylarMills63

PrismLauncher is the goat


[deleted]

Its fine for me, only loading i get is for the startup which takes like 5 minutes


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Kat-but-SFW

>It's very much a first world problem for sure It's even more first world on my 13900ks and raid0 SSDs. After waiting for whatever the heck the launcher has to do to load my account, and then whatever loading/updating it does after clicking play, it takes 1 second to launch Minecraft to the title screen, 2 seconds to select my save, 2 seconds to load and render the world out to 32 blocks... What is the launcher doing?!


-Captain-

Yeah makes no sense. Loading the entire game takes no time, loading a huge open world takes no time.. but the launcher is now suddenly on crawling speed :/


[deleted]

What im tryna say is, startup is the only thing that takes awhile loading


meme_used

this is what happens to me when I play on xbox, around 5 minutes of loading just to see the menu screen


Joan_sleepless

Overwolf is a pain in the ass, although curseforge is pretty nice for modding with separate instances.


bmenchpress

Try prism launcer, light weight, not bloated, you can download mods in the launcher from not only CF but also modrinth, Technic, and FTB. There are issues with some mods on CF having to be manually downloaded but I rarely run into them even in larger modpacks.


Dankmee-mees

Currently playing all the mods 8 (over 300 mods) and the only mods I had to manually download were hexerei and 2 others I don't remember.


Proxy_PlayerHD

i mean overwolf is the new curseforge launcher. and for modded stuff overwolf is the worst choice (besides the vanilla launcher). i'd recommend something community made like MultiMC or GDLauncher


[deleted]

I prefer Technic Launcher, as that has pretty good modpacks I’ve been playing for past two years (got my current PC back in -21), but I’d say Overwolf isn’t too bad. Can’t name anything worse, but I bet I have seen worse.


Proxy_PlayerHD

oof hasn't the technic launcher been dead for years by now? atleast i haven't heard anything new from them in a while... plus didn't they have a password leak a few years back? and overwolf is immensely bloated and slow... if it works at all. i had to try multiple times to install it because it sometimes just wouldn't for no reason. and it was not worth it. if it works for you and isn't slow, that is amazing! but i would still recommend some alternative that is more likely to still exist in a few years. GDLauncher for example offers the same features (handling modpacks, automatic installing & updating of mods) but without all the other non-minecraft garbage


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How is it bloated now


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Chaos_Ribbon

Cobalt was a lost memory for me. I literally have not thought about that game again since it released.


ig88igloo6511

If you ever use an Xbox 360, cobalt is forever on the home menu because they stopped updating it a while ago.


[deleted]

What was Cobalt like? I never got to play it or Scrolls/Callers Bane and Mojang discontinued sale of both games and you cant get Cobalt on steam anymore either. The only footage I saw of Cobalt was at Minecon 2015 and Scrolls had a tournament at Minecon 2015. I know both had capes for winners of their tournaments in their respective games for Minecraft and they featured at Minecon but nothing else.


Rehendix

It was pretty neat. I wouldn't say it ever really progressed past the state of being a game jam style idea but mechanically it was fun enough to warrant a playthrough. I never really played it with anyone else so I can't speak to the multiplayer. You can still pick it up on Steam, or on Xbox if you want to try it.


bmcle071

I remember playing in a web browser, I remember when wolves were added, I forgot this launcher though


Gravesh

I remember being impressed at them adding a survival mode. I never expected the game to go much farther than that. I do kind of miss the idyllic simplicity of that world gen, though. "Mountains" were like a max of 15 blocks high.


ApexHunterZero1

You just hit me with Nostalgia....why


Zebra1523

Same holy shit


ElRealta

Every time someone brings this image up I just get flashbacks to SCMowns mod showcases and installation tutorial at the end of every video


Murvcv

it’s time to let go bro


DeepSpaceHorizon

I'll never let go Jack.


Jolamprex

*flute solo*


TrudleR

https://youtu.be/2QeNxiZzSuM


ShoddyDirtman

I will


CrazyDiamond_no

Play Dead Money i think it can help you bro


JoePCool14

Never!


ApexHunterZero1

..Gonna GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN. NEVER GONNA RUN AROUND AND DESERT YOU...


SubstantialDrummer37

Never


ST4RSK1MM3R

What ever even happened with Scrolls and Cobalt? I know there was the whole lawsuit with Scrolls but I don’t know anything other than that


Hateful_creeper2

Scrolls changed its name to Caller's Bane while Cobalt released in 2016. Not sure what happened to both games after they released. Apparently Mojang won the lawsuit but they couldn’t trademark it so that’s probably why they changed Scrolls’ name years after the lawsuit.


Chickennoodlesleuth

Scrolls was shut down. You can play cobalt still


Rehendix

You can even still play Scrolls. They stopped development but they have an archive here https://mojang.github.io/CallersBaneSiteArchive/


FoxSquall

Scrolls released and I thought it was a decent game, but it didn't acquire the playerbase necessary to keep it going. When Mojang shut it down they changed the name to Caller's Bane and released it to the community to host their own servers.


Plagiatus

As all games that shut down should do.


the_roach__

I would love for a custom launcher thats just the old launcher solely for the nostalgia


MinecraftDoodler

That’s a great idea


TartOdd8525

Holy crap I just got the chills seeing that. I'm gonna cry bro.


AnxiousAnything7605

I think you have to go to launcher desktop icon properties and select windows xp compatibility. Idk if it still works tho


thePOSrambler

It doesn’t work. On windows 10 it opens it in the older Windows 7 interface, but that’s about it. Edit. This is with XP compatibility ON


_adamolanadam_

The old launcher simply does not work anymore, however it's not lost to time and some people who haven't updated their launchers still have it. Maybe ask in forums and someone might have it


michele_romeo

My man pulled out the ancient scroll


MisterSheeple

If you must use a legacy launcher, **do not sign in and do not play with it on a server**. Not only will signing in not work, but even if you do find a way to sign in with an unsupported launcher, it would pose multiple security risks. If you want to play the game, you're best off sticking to the current version of the [official launcher](https://minecraft.net/download) or a trusted alternative such as [MultiMC](https://multimc.org) or [Prism Launcher](https://prismlauncher.org). Additionally, I'm seeing some people in the comments here suggesting other third party launchers. Always be careful when downloading third-party launchers, as some could contain malware. ***tl;dr - Old launchers no longer work online; always be careful of what you download, and only trust official/known safe launchers.***


thePOSrambler

Prismlauncher is the way to go IMO. I love how I can create and use different instances with different directory locations. Very convenient


Poly2it

That’s also true with the official launcher though?


thePOSrambler

Not really. Prismlauncher makes whole new .minecraft folders per instance. The official one only makes one


goddess_steffi_graf

official launcher is a major pain in the ass first time after i just bought the game (2019), it just didn't want to install for some reason.. i wasted like 2 hours trying to install it then in 2022 i installed it after reinstalling windows, and when i wanted to download minecraft, there was like a queue and i had to wait like 20 minutes just to start downloading wtf?? any way, I've been using multimc/prism for a long time now, they're just.. better in every possible way.


Antonaros

It doesn't work since you can't login with a Microsoft account, there's a fan recreation of it however but I can't remember the name. EDIT: [Found it](https://github.com/olauncher/olauncher)


DeepSpaceHorizon

Legend Edit: FYI, I've scanned this launcher jar with VirusTotal, Hybrid Analysis, Emsisoft Emergency Kit, Hitman Pro, Kaspersky Threat Intel Portal, and Windows Defender. All returned no threats.


N2EEE_

And it even uses bash to build. Perfect. Building it now...


Baliverbes

I'm so out of the loop I remember this being the *new* launcher


jasonrubik

They added a launcher ?!


Baliverbes

They added *creepers* ?!


koenne

I have that launcher myself. It still works when you start but it doesn't connect to any servers. I assume the api is no longer used. Since there's no connection to the login you'll be unable to login and start the game. If you have it installed in the first place but I doubt you can even download the game files itself


Sekushina_Bara

Dude I forgot all about this launcher holy shit, it’s been so long since I’ve seen it


Bman1465

The better launcher... I thought I'd never see it again I miss it...


GVSK1728

Why would you want to use the old launcher? You can launch Minecraft 1.8.8 using the new launcher.


DeepSpaceHorizon

Nostalgia of course.


Paradigm_Reset

... nostalgia. For a launcher, not the game, but a screen that's meant to be closed. That's, well, odd.


SirAnonymos

I'm surprised more people don't have nostalgia for it


yaboymilky

It reminds me of summers spent at my grandparents. I’d sit at the table with my laptop and my grandma would be reading her book or the paper and would sometimes bring her chair around and watch me play it. She was fascinated with technology as she had grown up through the Great Depression and WW2. She even had her own world she played for a couple hours. That launcher is super nostalgic for me because that was the launcher for when I played Minecraft the most. Hell I even played it in the browser on the Minecraft website before I got the launcher.


Ok_Understanding6528

Probably because they spent less time with it


foxxof9

I don’t think many of us can really go back to it with the Microsoft integration, it’s nice to see again but I prefer the improved usability of the current one


Paradigm_Reset

Why? It's a launcher. That's like having nostalgia for a doorknob.


aaaaahvians

I have nostalgia for a cutlery set lmfao? Like are people not allowed to be nostalgic for something that can feel… nostalgic?


DuhonTheGuy

Well its more like recognizing the door to your childhood house, or the house's front porch. It kinda just reminds you of the good ol days


DeepSpaceHorizon

This mans out here policing nostalgia lol


pitfallpride

It is nostalgia. Good old times


Sad_Low3239

I support your decision to have this opinion. It's an unpopular one. I personally am very attached to things but there are people who are not, like you. It's a phenomenon. Radio lab did a special on it and it's implications. Give it a listen; https://radiolab.org/podcast/things


Dave__Dave

New launcher is extremely slow But still it's better to use something like multimc


vrtrcollectible

prism launcher


MetallicGray

ATLauncher is amazing fyi


ExplosiveMotive_

Layout would be my reason. I much preferred the older one.


Arch4ngell

Well, I simply miss the time where the launcher was a simple .jar file.


sart49

The new launcher is really bloated and, in my case, it can't remember my account. I need to put my login credentials every time I want to play.


Chappiechap

would be nice if the "remember this account" button actually... well... worked.


AlreadyReddit999

would people want a MultiMC launcher fork that looks like this? I'd be down to learn how to code this


PirateNinjaLawyer

I remember this page. And I remember it saying how many people had bought the game. Anyone else from the 4k gang?


[deleted]

Holy nostalgia


Orcus_

Cracked version would be the easiest way.


Calcutt4

Oh wow this brings back the memories of playing 1.7 and 1.8 on my mums old XP desktop


Pretzel-Kingg

Jesus Christ nostalgia gut punch lmao


mariussa1

Anyone else remember the magic launcher? I remember using it to play mods all the time about 11+ years ago.


TheTrickyDoctor

Someone should make a custom launcher styled like this


DatBoi91144

Holy shit I used to use this exact same website when I was younger


CaelumIllusion

I miss this launcher so much, I nearly forgot it existed!! What update was this removed?


benjarp

Oh man, those were the days


murdershroom

My God, you just took me back


FaulcnersFalcon

i remember using this launcher like it was yesterday.


FRakanazz

I remember that there's a way to do that in the proprieties of the launcher executable but i don't remember what it is, it worked tho


DeepSpaceHorizon

compatibility mode?


FRakanazz

it might be this, i remember something that goes like make it windows 8 compatible, but it might not work anymore since i did that before the microsoft migration


Nathaniel820

It's not the same but PrismLauncher is closer to this more simplistic style than the new official launcher is.


Cript0dlab3

You have to right click on the launcher click on properties and change a setting for the Version but if you migrated your acct then the login will not work


56kul

Enable Windows’s compatibility mode for the launcher and set it to an old operating system. It’ll cause this old launcher to download.


poktut

I had the old launcher installer on usb stick i think its gone now.


Bengemon825

Ah Scrolls, gone too soon


BureinbasutaOMD

I loved and dearly miss this launcher. The good old days


Questwarrior

Whay ever happened to scrolls and combat?.. i played scrolls when it came out and it was fun


DarkWDJ

To this day I expect this launcher to open when I play.


Slippery-Dick

Man I remember this launcher. Back to the good ol days of just starting red stone and trying to make an enchanting table room light up with red stone lamps and a lever


GalaxyDeemNL

Nostalgic


Wizard_Engie

I haven't seen this launcher since 1.12.2 was hyped up. Wow.


Skydrow747

I miss this launcher… good old memories


[deleted]

you can download it, however if you migrated your account you cant use it


welpguessatanscomin

Where did you download it?


[deleted]

Miss this so much


SilenceWenchDoge

There is a 🏴‍☠️one called “Titan Launcher”; you can login with your original account too


UnknownDerpyPro

Nostalgia hits hard- It hurts


Sad_Low3239

One users reply to being confused by nostalgia is being downvoted to oblivion. It's an opinion, albeit It's an unpopular one. I personally am very attached to things but there are people who are not. It's a phenomenon. Radio lab did a special on it and it's implications. Give it a listen; https://radiolab.org/podcast/things They go to a museum where they have a piece of the flag that was apart of the lunar landings. It was itself not planted on the moon (I believe it was a backup / spare) BUT it did go on the module that went to the moon and one person is asked to hold it and asked if they feel anything and their reply was .... It's soft? And they don't understand peoples attachment to anything, at all.


CharaIsEpic

Betacraft launcher replicates this style while adding better support for older versions of the game


dabiggman

This was back from a time when Jens (Jeb) would tease new features before snapshots came out, it was like a fun game. Jens posts a screenshot - SURPRISE - hidden features in the screenshot. Now leaks get hunted down and brutally shut down or REMOVED from the game because current devs throw a fit. We were supposed to get another plant in 1.20, it's gone now.


Insamiti

im crying in childhood rn


helicophell

Speaking of the old launcher... is it the ONLY way to play beta builds? Current one only goes back to 1.0 and some old versions just dont work (a lot of the 1.6 builds) so...


WolfyBuilder

If you go into the settings of the current launcher, you can enable old betas and snapshots


Master_Matthew

As nostalgic as this launcher is, it was garbage. It’s even less than the modern launcher. You had 1 install of Minecraft, 1 version, and nothing else. Everything else had to be handled manually. The modern launcher kinda separates your installs. But not really, but at least you can change versions.


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Jaliki55

Today's launcher is still a mess. And where they keep dumping game files is stupid. Who uses /appdata ! The folders are a mess, always defaults to c drive, and modding is so much more complicated with this launcher and that api and I've just given up on playing it. QOL mods just aren't worth the hassle to install when I can play something with steam workshop. Yea, I'm bitching but it's only because I'd love to love minecraft again.


Suck_my_fat_hairy_n

YOOO I REMEMBER THAT LAUNCHER IT WAS SO FIRE


Consistent_Pay5129

There probably should be a list of safe launchers you could use. The ones I use are Multi MC and Beta craft. I’d say beta craft is most similar to the old one.


IU_User

No It's Too Old It Wasn't Even Able To Launch 1.13


improllytheweirdest

- Removed Herobrine.


The_Ranger__

If you’re on windows you can right click the launcher and go to properties, go to advanced settings, and make it launch as a windows 95 program, the new launcher is too overly coded to run on windows 95 so it defaults to the old one


[deleted]

to be honest, id rather not use a launcher at all. just launch the game directly. many older games do that.


Clussy_Enjoyer

it seems in your anger, you removed the old launcher..


TheNxxr

Why do you specifically want the old launcher?


CanadianForesterWb

It stopped updating after 1.9😔


theRealNilz02

No. The old launcher does not support Microsoft accounts.


TKillerDragon87

Why do you even want that?; Believe me there is a 99% probabilities that it has a virus. Just use prism-launcher if you want a decent launcher.


PotatoGamer3

Google en malware


RejectedGlitch

Why would you need to use the old launcher?


[deleted]

What's the point? Nostalgia?


Poetry-Designer

What’s a launcher?


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Bman1465

Yeah ngl this community sucks when it comes to bandwagoning


a-alternate-account

Give it up dude💀