The Incredible Search for Minecraft's FIRST Ever Video

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  • Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
  • What is minecraft’s FIRST ever youtube video? You may think it’s notch’s cave game tech test, but what about the first ever PLAYER-made video? Hint - it is not Jan Willem Nijman/jwaaap’s “minecraft” video. This is the story of the incredible search for Evil-Ville’s “Minecraft Castle”, minecraft’s first ever video posted publicly to the platform.
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    0:00 Introduction
    0:51 Early Minecraft Videos
    2:27 EvilVille’s Minecraft Castle
    7:02 Call To Action
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  • @Cyynapse
    @Cyynapse 2 місяці тому +289

    you have no idea how much of a whiplash it was for me to realize the creator of CRUELTY SQUAD is the same guy who posted the first minecraft video

    • @vinesauceobscurities
      @vinesauceobscurities 2 місяці тому +30

      No freaking way.
      I still have my doubts, but the details lines up. The old username sharing his first name, and the Discord avatar image that can still be found incorporated into Ville's Last fm banner. Unless this is a huge Ville Kallio fan, it's a small world to find him responsible for this video.

    • @grandmasteryoda6717
      @grandmasteryoda6717 2 місяці тому +5

      whiplash reference?

    • @slavsit7600
      @slavsit7600 2 місяці тому +2

      is this a minecraft reference?

    • @JazzSicaa
      @JazzSicaa 2 місяці тому +3

      @@grandmasteryoda6717 Whiplash mentioned, based.

    • @Zunakina
      @Zunakina 2 місяці тому +6

      @@vinesauceobscuritiesNah, this is actually Ville Kallio. I never actually realised the significance until this video was released, pretty neat that Evil-Ville is actually well known now.

  • @mrjh637
    @mrjh637 2 місяці тому +124

    My own personal minecraft "lost" media is a map I was obsessed with as a kid. It was a city inside an enclosed structure made in late beta or early release. Its probably not even lost and I just haven't found it yet. Its crazy how now we are reaching a time where a map the creator themselves possibly doesn’t even remember but i have looked for it on and off for a while now same with this video EvilVille deletes a channel not thinking how his video is technical part of internet and video game history. The lack of early Internet preservation is something we are just now seeing the results of as people get old enough to be nostalgic for videos or series and those creators moved on with their life and probably didn't want any early Internet history to follow them. Good luck on your hunt.

    • @ceiyre5930
      @ceiyre5930 2 місяці тому +6

      This sounds a lot like a really old Hunger Games map. Big ruined city - there were quite a few of these actually but the downloads were taken down.
      edit: try looking at the 'Survival Games' series specifically Survival Games 2

    • @parispc
      @parispc 2 місяці тому +4

      Mine was a map that had an Iron, Gold, and Diamond door. Chosing the Gold and Diamond door would lead to death, while the Iron one would l read to riches. A simple map but one of my first experiences with Minecraft. I wonder if anyone knows what its called.

    • @mrjh637
      @mrjh637 2 місяці тому

      @@ceiyre5930 It was gonna be a server map apparently but this pre dates Survival Games, I browsed "minecraft city tours" from 2008-2012 found some nostalgic stuff the low resolution and bandicam watermark are weirdly more warm and inviting then modern crisp 4k content. the lesson to be learn is just because its online doesn't mean its forever preservation is still important.

    • @queden1841
      @queden1841 2 місяці тому

      I'd deleted mine bc I was shit scared as a 10year old after accidentally jumping into the end portal *facepalm*

  • @PlaguevonKarma
    @PlaguevonKarma 2 місяці тому +32

    Around this time it was common for people to store videos on fansites, especially in Japanese and Chinese spheres. Maybe try looking around those spheres?

  • @Gold_Yoshi
    @Gold_Yoshi 2 місяці тому +72

    If you remember watching the video, but don't think you saved it, remember to check your web cache on you old computer using a web cache viewer
    Useful for finding all kinds of lost media
    My example: The online version of Angry Birds Friends from 2012

    • @JmKrokY
      @JmKrokY 2 місяці тому

      Cool

    • @pinkmann8399
      @pinkmann8399 2 місяці тому

      The fed can also use this to plant illegal content on your computer to justify an arrest. Be careful

    • @mr_teevee
      @mr_teevee Місяць тому

      I don't think the UA-cam Flash Player cached videos, or even let you save them.

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 Місяць тому +1

      this is both cool and terrifying. i dont want people digging through that stuff when im dead and gone LOL

  • @azarishere6442
    @azarishere6442 2 місяці тому +43

    I find it funny how, years later, I'm getting back into my childhood fandoms as they become popular again. Minecraft and fnaf are now cool again, and I'm all in for it, drowning in nostalgia.

    • @awsomebot1
      @awsomebot1 2 місяці тому +5

      not that it matters which fandoms are "cool" but... fnaf lmao

    • @JmKrokY
      @JmKrokY 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@awsomebot1💀

  • @bluestaggo
    @bluestaggo 2 місяці тому +33

    I think one of the most interesting pieces of Minecraft lost media would be the PAX Prime Beta 1.8 build. There may be some chance that someone who was at PAX could have a copy of it or it could be still lying around in Mojang's files. Due to the big differences between that and the first pre-release, I'd love to see it be brought to life. In fact, I did make a remake of it but it's yet to be released.

  • @anchor3740
    @anchor3740 Місяць тому +9

    I still have my old hard drive from 2008-2013, and in 2009 (when I was 20) I had played Minecraft. It's important for me to note that back then I used to save a lot of videos to watch them offline (because my Wi-Fi cut out a lot). so the hard drive filled up really fast and I ended up transferring hundreds of videos to another hard drive to free up space. Also at this time I came across the castle video mentioned in this video and although I don't remember saving it, I probably did save it because I saved almost every video I watched. However, I'm not sure if the hard drive will even work anymore; I don't know if anyone would be able to help me in somehow recovering the videos saved on it but it would be great to finally put this search to rest.

    • @agoraphobia882
      @agoraphobia882 Місяць тому +2

      The way I understand it, hard drives break with usage, not time. Can you double check whether the hard drive works? If it doesn't then I assume it can be easily recovered either away

    • @anchor3740
      @anchor3740 Місяць тому +3

      @@agoraphobia882 I haven't gotten round to seeing if it works yet, but it wasn't used a lot, I just used it until it ran out of disk space, then I deleted/transferred files to keep using it because it was fast. I'll put it in my PC next weekend and check it out.

    • @rubenskiii
      @rubenskiii Місяць тому +1

      @@anchor3740 That would be awesome! But don't feel sad if you don't find that video, probably plenty of other stuff on it that's historically interesting.

    • @anchor3740
      @anchor3740 Місяць тому +2

      @@rubenskiii I'm busy this week but I will check it next weekend I've kept it all these years
      I don't know why people are interested in it from what I remember the video was boring lol but I used the build as inspiration to make my own castle and made an even bigger one

    • @rubenskiii
      @rubenskiii Місяць тому +2

      @@anchor3740 hahaha yeah the video probably is, Jan's video also looks like a potato. But it's part of Minecraft's history so if we can find it again would be nice. History is a funny thing, everything becomes valuable when it becomes rare and time passes. In physical archaeology on of the more exciting things is finding ancient trash... Back in their day it was litteraly what they dumped in a hole to never see again but now it's a data goldmine about daily life.

  • @hunderslash
    @hunderslash 2 місяці тому +18

    web archive is able to archive videos, but it doesn’t work very often, in my experience it’s something like 1 in 50 videos properly saved through webarchive. Evilville’s castle did have some metadata and video player assets saved but sadly the video is probably not saved from the upload itself. Maybe there’s a reupload out there?

    • @dsouth7754
      @dsouth7754 2 місяці тому +8

      Could be worth checking shady Chinese or Russian reupload sites. Entirely possible that back then, small groups of fans with dubious network restrictions took these sort of videos from UA-cam and uploaded them to more localized sharing sites.

    • @MCFLY4
      @MCFLY4 2 місяці тому +1

      @@dsouth7754 good point

  • @Weretyu7777
    @Weretyu7777 2 місяці тому +16

    Not sure if it would count as "lost media", per se, but... I remember a series of videos that used to live on the Minecraft Wiki before it moved to Fandom. They covered all kinds of details about various Minecraft blocks, items, and mechanics, and I think I remember that the two hosts were named Toby and David, not so sure on David. The thing is, I can't seem to find the videos on UA-cam anymore, and they were taken off the wiki either a little before or during the transition to Fandom. Does anyone else have any more information on this?

    • @valkeakirahvi
      @valkeakirahvi 2 місяці тому +3

      No they still exist! I remember seeing them, some of the minecraft wiki articles still have them linked.

    • @pikminman13
      @pikminman13 2 місяці тому +1

      i believe you are talking about mcspotlights, which is absolutely still around on yt.

  • @michalkap9859
    @michalkap9859 2 місяці тому +6

    After any video, about any form of lost media, I always think, that if I had power to create a super powerful artifacy, I would probably create some form of storage that would have every lost piece of data. From a burned medival manuscript to a Minecraft video.

  • @Jecobe
    @Jecobe 2 місяці тому +23

    im part of this server and the hunt is leading to so many dead ends

    • @dsouth7754
      @dsouth7754 2 місяці тому +10

      This is probably an obvious question, but have you checked reupload sites? Entirely possible with China's restricted network that early Chinese Minecraft audiences re-uploaded content within their own video sharing sites like BiliBili.

    • @Jecobe
      @Jecobe 2 місяці тому

      @@dsouth7754 havent thought of it, tell me more in the discord

  • @dx48.
    @dx48. 2 місяці тому +1

    Thanks Ryan, your channel is already one of my favorites

  • @escapetherace1943
    @escapetherace1943 2 місяці тому +9

    I remember seeing that video. I heard about minecraft before it had any playable version and that's the castle I remember in the video I saw 100%. I don't think I purchased the game until the price jumped from 10 to around 15 dollars though. Whatever the price hike was, simply because I was a broke kid at the time.

    • @illegalpizza
      @illegalpizza Місяць тому

      i remember cutting the grass for my 20 to buy the account i use to this day lol

    • @escapetherace1943
      @escapetherace1943 Місяць тому

      @@illegalpizza Nice. Mojang erased my no email account so I had to buy my 2nd account which I've used forever now

  • @S2plkmix1520
    @S2plkmix1520 2 місяці тому +73

    To stop ppl from saying first

    • @PaladinRyan
      @PaladinRyan  2 місяці тому +30

      the hero we didn’t know we needed

    • @S2plkmix1520
      @S2plkmix1520 2 місяці тому +3

      @@PaladinRyanturning Discord notifications on was a good move, i guess

    • @anrw886
      @anrw886 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Black072_they're not

    • @ozthebeeman
      @ozthebeeman 2 місяці тому

      I mean technically you just included the words "first" as the first comment...... So......

    • @gabrielv.4358
      @gabrielv.4358 2 місяці тому

      FIRRRRRRRSTTTTTTTTTTTT

  • @Fleskk
    @Fleskk 2 місяці тому +3

    We love you Ryan, you deserve so much more recognition

  • @archys7971
    @archys7971 2 місяці тому +1

    I think another great lost media that its underrated is SMP's Realistic 16x16 Texture pack for Alpha (not 32x32). The texture pack was very popular back in the days, some archives are available for indev and classic versions of the pack, but the latest 16x16 version for version alpha 1.1.2_01 is still missing :/

  • @the_ecips9692
    @the_ecips9692 2 місяці тому +1

    Might be a weird question; but what's the seed for the map shown in the first 10-15s of the video? That lake with the mountain backdrop is AMAZING and I need it Ö_ö

  • @MR.JUSTCOD
    @MR.JUSTCOD Місяць тому +2

    I have a large collection of old vids on my old Lenovo, I’ll have a look

  • @GlacierGolf
    @GlacierGolf 2 місяці тому

    loveee your videos man!

  • @pyrobytee
    @pyrobytee 2 місяці тому +4

    no way the creator of cruelty squad made the first minecraft video

  • @UserNameUnavalible
    @UserNameUnavalible 2 місяці тому

    Dude i miss kovacs modpack from like 2014-2016 first mod i learned to use,was honestly the easiest to use mod installer at the time. Better mods on there than ive seen Minecraft officialy release

  • @KyanoAng3l0
    @KyanoAng3l0 2 місяці тому

    I have my own pieces of old MC media I wanna unearth, most from the pre-Alpha and early Alpha days. I did manage to find some thanks to reuploaders/archivers incl. "Planet Earth" and "Largest Minecraft River", 2 of the vids that introduced me to MC. Here's to hoping I find more of em.
    Currently looking for that vid of a tree house that was built in SSP and had a waterfall inside, which convinced me to finally try MC. If you guys have a link to that one, lemme know.

  • @NotesFromTheVoid
    @NotesFromTheVoid 11 днів тому

    the lost media wiki should probably have a page for this

  • @CHARlTYHlROSE
    @CHARlTYHlROSE 2 місяці тому

    Hope the search goes well!

  • @demterich
    @demterich 2 місяці тому

    what's the music in the start?

  • @danych2
    @danych2 Місяць тому

    wow, I love how increpare was the second person to comment on the first public release of minecraft

  • @chrisalex82
    @chrisalex82 2 місяці тому +4

    cool vid, although i think the music is a bit loud

  • @A_leird
    @A_leird 2 місяці тому

    i lost my old minecraft world, i wish i could play on that world one more time

  • @ExploringNew1
    @ExploringNew1 Місяць тому

    If my friend was watching minecraft content those days he should have it. Since he literally downloads thousands of videos when he sometimes activate an 'unlimited youtube for a week' Internet plan. And never deleted them for god knows what.

  • @donotoliver
    @donotoliver 2 місяці тому +2

    Now find minecraft's LAST video

    • @sundaymornhalls
      @sundaymornhalls 2 місяці тому

      search up minecraft on youtube and sort by upload date or upload a minecraft video right now to earn that title for a second :D

  • @pierrec5617
    @pierrec5617 2 місяці тому +5

    Even if Evil Ville deleted his UA-cam channel, do you think there is a possibility that UA-cam it self kept a copy of the original missing video?

    • @PaladinRyan
      @PaladinRyan  2 місяці тому +12

      UA-cam has stated many times in the past they don’t keep deleted videos sadly. Keeps these hunts interesting at least!

  • @transformerjames
    @transformerjames 2 місяці тому +2

    yo hold up... I still have my laptop i used from around that time, when I did save stuff such as minecraft videos. let me check

  • @PedroLucas-lr6ve
    @PedroLucas-lr6ve 2 місяці тому

    Anyone know what shaders is he using?

  • @SupremeSDB
    @SupremeSDB 2 місяці тому +7

    Finding lost media is these days more important than digging up ancient undiscovered artefacts from centuries ago

  • @cousinivoryciv1309
    @cousinivoryciv1309 2 місяці тому

    why JVN when its JWN?

  • @dixiepisie5882
    @dixiepisie5882 2 місяці тому +1

    i wonder if someone actually saved the video

  • @josee8168
    @josee8168 2 місяці тому +1

    very good video my man u keep improving video after video 🎉🎉

  • @d0ggydog
    @d0ggydog 2 місяці тому

    NEW SEARCH GOATED

  • @queden1841
    @queden1841 2 місяці тому

    That castle looks like terraria's dungeon, even with the "underground section". But if im not wrong, that video is older than terraria itself

  • @MagcarJoe
    @MagcarJoe 2 місяці тому

    hey paladin i really enjoy when you mine the craft :)

  • @lusciouslunk
    @lusciouslunk 2 місяці тому +6

    JWN , not JVN :)))

    • @PaladinRyan
      @PaladinRyan  2 місяці тому +1

      I got so mad I said it like that after the fact, but the recording take went so well I didn’t want to fix it!

    • @lusciouslunk
      @lusciouslunk 2 місяці тому

      @@PaladinRyan I know that feeling!!!!

  • @dom20141
    @dom20141 2 місяці тому

    JVN? Aren't the initials JWN?

  • @DiamondDepthYT
    @DiamondDepthYT 2 місяці тому

    just wanna say that this is awesome

  • @VintageBassArchive
    @VintageBassArchive Місяць тому

    The guy with the pigs in the water inside his base???

  • @bowser3017
    @bowser3017 2 місяці тому

    finally someone mentioned the video " Cave game tech test". people like camman18 didn’t talk about it

  • @AlexlgYT
    @AlexlgYT 2 місяці тому

    Well, no longer a member, but I will 100% when I have the chance too again. On another note: I hope the search goes well!

  • @Terminated_Account
    @Terminated_Account Місяць тому

    No way its the Cruelty Squad creator, now i like that guy even more 😂

  • @Sezenian
    @Sezenian 2 місяці тому +1

    Jan Willem Nijman is a Dutch name and it's pronounced "Yahn Will-emm Nigh-mahn"

  • @Uzbonis
    @Uzbonis 2 місяці тому +1

    Please do a video about adventurecraft

  • @purpletacos4609
    @purpletacos4609 2 місяці тому

    Well done

  • @minebrandon95264
    @minebrandon95264 2 місяці тому +1

    Seeing you videos auto-play on youtube fills me with such unbridled rage that I hate-watch and wait for something to make me mad enough to comment about it, and seeing how you tried to call people like me out made me snap like a weak and pathetic twig being stepped on by a knight, clad in steel armor.

  • @danilwhale
    @danilwhale 2 місяці тому

    NO WAY!!!! I LOVE CLASSIC

  • @sticky.
    @sticky. 2 місяці тому

    wait, u guys havent seen the video yet?

  • @idlerune
    @idlerune Місяць тому

    I think I created and uploaded the first video of legitimately breaking bedrock in creative When 1.8 beta was released, As itnwas so baffling to me that you could break bedrock i made a little video on it, literally an hour after the update dropped!

  • @lucasfrisk2490
    @lucasfrisk2490 2 місяці тому

    Is it just me or has your voice changed? I watched you a few months ago and i came back just now and you sounds… different?

    • @PaladinRyan
      @PaladinRyan  2 місяці тому

      Better mic filter settings go a long way :)

  • @Zunakina
    @Zunakina 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video! The video only had 80k views so it’ll take a miracle for it to be found, maybe. Unless some of our theories about UA-cam caching are true. Anyways, thank you so much for the video!

  • @JazzSicaa
    @JazzSicaa 2 місяці тому

    WAIT, SO THE CREATOR OF THE FIRST MINECRAFT VIDEO IS THE SAME CREATOR OF CRUELTY SQUAD??? WHAT??????

  • @gabrielv.4358
    @gabrielv.4358 2 місяці тому

    I think it's easier to find the minecraft game than the video in my opinion...

  • @Steaknstuff
    @Steaknstuff 2 місяці тому +1

    Whatevs here!

  • @sebbog
    @sebbog 2 місяці тому

    Comment to boost this video in the algorithm.

  • @gabrielv.4358
    @gabrielv.4358 2 місяці тому

    Muito interessante mesmo!

  • @hamtown4757
    @hamtown4757 2 місяці тому +3

    ville kallio, the creator of cruelty squad. created the first minecraft video?

    • @Boolymon
      @Boolymon 2 місяці тому

      Yeah lol crazy

  • @TheFutureIsLow
    @TheFutureIsLow 2 місяці тому

    ...i did magic in 1.12.2 best time ever...

  • @Cooper952
    @Cooper952 2 місяці тому

    fanumcraft
    (satire)

  • @DurianXLVIII
    @DurianXLVIII 2 місяці тому

    please pronounce it vill-ay

  • @blvdes
    @blvdes Місяць тому

    based

  • @tehjamerz
    @tehjamerz 2 місяці тому +3

    The actual first video was someone making a swastika

  • @plusah1268
    @plusah1268 2 місяці тому +2

    completely unrelated fact I felt the need to mention: I knew of fnf when there were literally only 2 youtube search results for it. one, for the trailer, and the other was a vinesauce stream. no, im not kidding. and, yes, fnf was really, really cool for a short period of time before a bunch of kids completely ruined it

  • @Roberto_Milian
    @Roberto_Milian 2 місяці тому

    If yogscast said it bro wouldve said they right

  • @veganwater381
    @veganwater381 Місяць тому

    just leaving a comment to increase traction

  • @Dynamite03
    @Dynamite03 2 місяці тому

    13th>!>! 🤑🤑😀😀🤓🤓

  • @bodgethemechanic
    @bodgethemechanic 2 місяці тому

    Nobody:
    Half Life scientist at 1:18 :