minecraft is an INCREDIBLE game and I seriously recommend you buying it. You should buy the alpha version (the third, and earliest stage of a game's development) because it is half-off while it is in alpha. Once it hits beta (the next, and second-to-last stage in a game's development) it will be full price. It is $13 dollars now, but when it hits beta it, will be $30.
Alpha was an earlier version on minecraft beta, it has poorer graphics, less blocks and far fewer crafting recipes.
You can't play minecraft alpha 1.2.6. You can currently play minecraft beta 1.8 if you buy the game for $21.95 and then play it in the browser or download it to your computer and play it in an application. Alpha 1.2.6 is long gone, and it is not able to be found anywhere, as far as I know.
Minecraft Alpha came out in 2009.
Minecraft is no longer in the Alpha stage. It has been updated to Minecraft Beta. Update your Minecraft game client.
You have to buy the game if you want to play any version of Minecraft Survival Mode. The only free version of Minecraft is Classic, which can be found on the Minecraft official website.
You need an a jar from alpha stages, which you can get with Minecraft Nostalgia.
10 euro 14.03 us dollar 8.9 pounds
No, once you buy Minecraft, you will never have to pay for it again. For example, in the Alpha stage Minecraft was 10 Euros, and those who bought it in Alpha got to keep it when it went into Beta, where it then cost 20 Euros, so they got a discount pretty much.
As the creator of Minecraft is Markus "Notch" Persson, it's very likely all of the money goes to him and his development team.
If you buy minecraft, it makes it so your minecraft.net account is registered (so when you log on to the site you can play the alpha version).
You have to buy it but it Just went in beta its more money :( But classics free Its still fun. :D
You cannot in alpha