The relatively young computer game Minecraft was included in the list of exhibits in the collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art. The collection includes the Magnavox Odyssey game console, as well as video games that were popular in the 70s and 80s on the Atari game console.
Created by Markus Persson in 2009, Minecraft has been in beta testing for a long time. The official version was released only in the fall of 2011. However, even during open testing, the game became very popular and attracted new players every day. One of the features of the game is the ability for players to develop various modifications themselves, which can be selected from a huge list on the https://minecraftgames.co.uk/minecraft-mods/ page, so gamers can create new maps on their own to make the game more interesting.
Museum officials explained that Minecraft was not included in the collection because of its age. You can’t compare Minecraft to the arcades of the 70s, but, nevertheless, this development is no less important for people. Markus Persson proved that it doesn't take a lot of staff to create a quality product. Now his offspring looks worthy in the list of such "monsters" of the last century as Space Invaders, Friv, Pong, Yar's Revenge and Asteroids, which were created for the Atari game console.
The game development studio Mojang AB, founded by Markus Persson, can be proud that their product hosted at https://juegos-de-minecraft.com/ has gone down in history forever. This is really important for a small independent video game company. Now Markus' specialists are working on new projects. The main work is being done on a new brainchild - the game 0x10c. 0x10c is expected to be released in Minecraft style. An alpha version will be released first, and then new updates will appear.