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Beta 1.7

Minecraft Beta 1.7 was released on June 30, 2011 and received 3 minor bug fix releases ending with 1.7.3 on July 8. 1.7 is best known for adding shears and pistons, and 1.7.3 will form the basis for ...
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Beta 1.9

On October 6, 2011, Notch tweeted, "The weird black stuff in 1.9 pre 3!" and linked to this video of Minecraft Goop. This is the new 'portal' block for the portals that lead to the new dimension "The ...