1.2.6 Alpha — Minecraft

Alpha 1.2.6 was the culmination of the massive changes introduced in the "Halloween Update" (Alpha 1.2.0). By the time 1.2.6 rolled around, the game had fundamentally changed from the simple, bright-colored block builder of the summer.

To understand 1.2.6, you must understand the tension of late 2010. Notch (Markus Persson) had just introduced the Nether in Alpha 1.2.0 (the "Halloween Update"). It was buggy, terrifying, and largely empty. Over the next few weeks, updates 1.2.1 through 1.2.5 patched critical crashes. minecraft 1.2.6 alpha