<P> Minecraft was first released to the public on 17 May 2009 , as a developmental release on TIGSource forums , later becoming known as the Classic version . Further milestones dubbed as Survival Test , Indev and Infdev were released between September 2009 and February 2010 , although the game saw updates in - between . The first major update , dubbed alpha version , was released on 28 June 2010 . Although Persson maintained a day job with Jalbum.net at first , he later quit in order to work on Minecraft full - time as sales of the alpha version of the game expanded . Persson continued to update the game with releases distributed to users automatically . These updates included new items , new blocks , new mobs , survival mode , and changes to the game 's behaviour ( e.g. how water flows ) . </P>
<P> Minecraft was first released to the public on 17 May 2009 , as a developmental release on TIGSource forums , later becoming known as the Classic version . Further milestones dubbed as Survival Test , Indev and Infdev were released between September 2009 and February 2010 , although the game saw updates in - between . The first major update , dubbed alpha version , was released on 28 June 2010 . Although Persson maintained a day job with Jalbum.net at first , he later quit in order to work on Minecraft full - time as sales of the alpha version of the game expanded . Persson continued to update the game with releases distributed to users automatically . These updates included new items , new blocks , new mobs , survival mode , and changes to the game 's behaviour ( e.g. how water flows ) . </P>
when was the first version of minecraft made
when was the first version of minecraft made
17 May 2009
17 May 2009