{{unreleased version|private=y}}
{{version conjecture||This version had no in-game label.}}
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|date=May 16, 2009
|clientdl=Unavailable
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A version of ''Minecraft'' ([[Java Edition Classic Alpha]]) was released on May 16, 2009, at 16:07 UTC, referred to by Notch as "'''minecraft alpha'''".<ref name="-0">TigIRC logs: ''(12:07:06) notch: minecraft alpha is available. I need someone on windows, someone on mac and someone on linux!''</ref> This is the first version of ''Minecraft'' ever given to players, being released for private testing.<ref name="-0"/><ref>{{citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301235605/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/108652448/early-private-singleplayer-alpha-coming-very-soon|title=Early private singleplayer alpha coming very soon|website=The Word of Notch|date=May 16, 2009}}</ref> It is thus the first version in the [[Java Edition Classic|Classic]] phase of development.
The changes in this version are unknown.

== Bugs ==
* Issues reported about this version were bad mouse movement<ref>TigIRC logs: "''(12:08:46) dock: the mouse movement is terrible''" [...] "''(12:09:16) dock: it barely moves, as though it is stuck, and then jerks''" [...] "''(12:11:55) dock: yeah the mouselook is pretty much unusable on mac''"</ref> and a lack of a Y-axis invert.<ref>TigIRC logs: "''(12:09:31) fartron: i don't have that problem but i need to invert the y axis''" [...] "''(12:09:39) fartron: or i will constantly walk into things''"</ref>

== Trivia ==
* The URL for ''Minecraft'' was given to users [[dock]] and fartron for testing.<ref>TigIRC logs: "''(12:08:29) notch: awesome. urls pm'd.''"</ref>

== References ==
* {{link|url=https://archive.org/download/Minecraft_IRC_Logs_2009/history/files/May-15-to-June-03-2009/2009-05-16.075419-0400EDT.txt.~1~|title=TigIRC logs|date=May 16, 2009, UTC–4|website=Archive.org}}
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