You've STILL never heard of these Minecraft versions. (AlphaVer Part 2) 

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You know it’s really impressive how good they’ve gotten at building stairs

Honestly the fact they’re making custom jars for Minecraft specifically for the ARG is insane. Most people wouldn’t put in that much work for something like this

I kind of wonder if the "Dev raid" was some kind of trolling. I think that (in-universe) the ex-developers caught onto people on Discord Servers trying to solve the mystery, and created all those ominous and fake videos to throw people off. One of them literally had Among Us crewmates.

15:11 That HAS to be a reference to Alias Conrad Coldwood. He's probably best known as the composer for the surrealist horror RPG OFF.

Video4 was a masterpiece of digital horror, and goes to show the genre is not dead. But in all seriousness, good analysis.

12:48 those are unmistakably crewmates. this has to be the single best minecraft arg to date

Seeing even more similarities to this and the mark101 "void" ARG. It's almost like this is a less crazy re-imagining of it that might give us an actual game in the end.

21:53 was the scariest thing i have encountered in this video, but it cant compare to the horrible, violent, detailed, terrifying jumpscare in 19:00. my body is near 40° and my house is on fire. both of these timestamps have tortured my mind and i dont think i can go much further.

19:00 I'm honestly so unsettled by this, I can't even imagine how I'll sleep again, this is utterly terrifying

The devs are now on their way to change the lore to disprove this whole video.

19:10 is genuinely the most terrifying thing i've witnessed thorough my lifetime and now i think i'm permamently traumatized

21:38 I love how there's all kinds of lost media here, really gives off the impression of people having access to things that the general public do not

even if the series's story doesnt pan out, the effort taken to create all the assets used is insane

Bro, that part at 19:00 made me jump out of fear, it crazy how they planned and made that, I do not recommend watching that part if you have a bad heart. My eyes are tearing up, man.

Genuinely impressive how they manage to make musical tracks that sound beautiful at first, only to give you chills seconds into it.

21:24 This dude has much more bizarre stuff in his documents folder, such as "Sonic X-Treme(USA).iso" - an US release of cancelled Sonic game from 1996 that doesn't actually have any playable versions, or "Mario 128" - a codename of unreleased sequel to Super Mario 64, or "Taiwan 2001" - a parody of famous "Honk-Kong 1997" that is considered lost media. All that in combination with the footage of legendary 17th Colossus on another player's PC suggests that the whole story of "Minecraft Alpha 1.0.16 Versions" takes place in an alternate universe slightly different from our own.

The JJBA phantom Blood movie has a cheeky cameo in the video collection video. Pretty sneaky and chad way to show that the arg takes place in another universe as the movie is lost in ours. Also do not private do not, the mobs are clearly astronauts from among us.

Wow, this is even more mysterious and interesting. Also the fact that one of the random players mentioned in this video has a USA version of Sonic X-treme is wild.

13:47 i think i recognize that audio as a meme audio (turi ip ip), but i could be mistaken

19:48 was the scariest moment. 😨😨

I actually love these types of videos

Songs/audios: 4:23 Suomalaine Kehtolaulu 4:40 43343138 4:57 Estonian Reliquary 5:06 Petrichor / Before the Storm 5:16 Denmark 5:34 Factorial 5:53 Great Threat 13:17 Vocal_03 15:44 early 1 15:51 early 2 15:55 rare_pgn_noise_concept 16:06 fall

I think this might be connected in some way to that server that Mark101 was on. The crimson bedrock, the cracked moon, even the dark players, who remind me a bit of the void beings, however that's really a stretch and a half. I wonder if Markus tried to fix the moon after his rise to power and that was the result. Either that, or these Devs are making fun of you or trolling you.

20:20 "how to play minecraft offline" RGN : "How to play minecraft online"

Honestly, I like how creators interact with RetroGamingNow community and spice the things up a bit

Ayo, didn't expect to see my country being featured in TWO of the music disks! Maybe this all is leading towards Denmark being in imminent danger?! Reminds me of the folklore of Holger Danske, a giant statue in the basement in one of the castles here (I've seen him) - legend says that if Denmark is ever under threat, he will wake up and rise to protect the country.

i like how not only Sam has the herobrine live, but also some other lost midias, like mario 128 and jojo's phantom blood for DVD, really gives that "x-files"/"conspiracy" vibes to it

I think the creator or creators of this series videos saw you uploaded a video about their series and wanted to include you into it through your Discord to maybe show they appreciate you covering their series. In any case, whoever created this series, they're making a great series so far and I find it very interesting.

Glad You've Updated on this series, this ARG is AMAZING and has me hooked

There's an odd theme of the Moon being fucked up in a lot of these ARGs it seems.

this is probably my favorite arg. the fact that you can actually play the versions- and they’re good, too. 12:22 “perhaps saying 54%” 💀

One discord raid video (from 2016) literally featured a bunch of amoguses even though among us didn’t come out until 2017/2018. And in the folder with all of the lost media we have a file titled under bound 2. I did some research and underbound 2 seems to be a undertale hack and undertale came out in 2015. Doesn’t line up timeline wise considering this arg mostly takes place during the late 2000s/early 2010s.

A continuation from the last video where RetroGamingnow has uncovered more. What a master at theses mystery cases

Oh Boy, it’s time for my favorite documentary series! /j In all seriousness, the fact that another piece of the puzzle was gotten from a raid on YOUR OWN DISCORD SERVER really shows how far you’ve come as a video essay developer

13:35 Guy look! An NCS Song thats been put deep fried

2:20 That desktop takes me back man, especially when seeing Spore on there. That game is such an underrated gem...

I just want to say your videos are fantastic. You are very talented and a genius. Even when I'm not in a Minecraft-obsession during a time, your videos are still incredibly interesting and take such a poetic and rich look at things.

21:21 Dot flow lol!! The arg masters truly have good taste

So about that SotC video: The title claims the fight was against Worm, which is one of eight cut colossi from the game’s development, where the original plan was to have 24 fights (well, 48 was proposed at first, but that was absurd at the time). We do have a screenshot of worm and some textures associated with it still in the files, but we have never gotten our hands on a version with the fight, let alone one with a complete model. There are fan attempts to recreate it and the other 7 cut fights. What does this all mean for the ARG? Honestly, I think it’s just there to mess with people, especially big SotC fans such as myself. The footage shown is just Wander leaving the Shrine of Worship lmao. I wouldn’t read into that detail too much, but it was a cool cameo to see.

The entire hub and doors Idea reminds me of RecRoom. Maybe thats what they were heading to ? The versions also feel like a Minecraft attempt of branch. The worst is that they (the Devs) could have just made up their "Minecraft" to develop their own ideas cause they didn't sit well with regular Minecraft. Also, the forth and back in RU-vid and seemingly low quality just seems to be playing along getting attention. Thats maybe their tactics to atract new players. At this point the entire cryptic stuff is illogical to do if all you want is to develop a game. They just are like: " People like cryptic stuff ? Let's post more for fun then !". I am looking forward to this series.

Yay! Thank you for the updated video! This is one of my favorite ARGs, and I've watched the first part multiple times because of how interesting it is.

Man, I get proper chills when watching your videos. You're commentary makes it even more spooky. Well done.

19:15 reminds me of cooper2723

At 21:20 you can see winrars of Yume Nikki version and dotflow. Both games probably had a lot of influence on the soundtrack of the alpha versions.

13:03 I SWEAR THOSE ARE AMONGUS

Can't wait to get more updates on the ARG that is the Alpha 16 versions. They are such an interesting, scary and dark concept, that is so entertaining, and I cannot wait! - Nushnum, 28-3-23, 9:50:50

12:48 Someone else has pointed out that those are among us crew mates. I have a very far-fetched theory but since that video is supposed to take place in 2016 roughly, does this imply that one of the devs or someone is able to see into the future somehow? Or maybe that one of them eventually became an Among Us developer and those little crew mates are just something he later used as a design? Very silly theory, but why else would there be amoguses?

I'm not gonna lie you got me worried with Video 4 for a bit. Literally paused and considered if I should watch it since I'm going to go to sleep soon. I laughed so hard when I decided to just watch it

16:05 Homie, wake up. Disc 12 just dropped

19:38 HE WAS ACTUALLY REAL!1!!11 HEROBRINE HAS FINALLY BEEN FOUND!!1!11

19:19 way too scary im sorry i have to leave

You was in a penguinz0 video for like 5 seconds

Despite all of the complexities of the series right now, especially with the dev raid, this video does a fantastic job of keeping it all understandable and enjoyable. Good job RGN!

21:26 might contain information that could help us find the first herobrine stream or even the lost JoJo's Phantom Blood film

Also at 15:04, I am almost CERTAIN that 'Elliot Conrad Hotwood' is a reference to Alias Conrad Coldwood, the music composer for the rpgmaker classic called OFF. In terms of tones and themes, that's interesting to me. Still, the dev raid makes multiple references to other games - Among Us, OFF, maybe more - so it feels like it is not as solid as the main channel. It is immersion-breaking, and if it IS the people making the main youtube project, it's most likely much more spontaneous and just them fucking around. Edit 1: The inclusion of Yume Nikki - Solidtude at around 21:20 makes the OFF reference being real more feasible. YN-S was a collaborative Yume Nikki Fangame that was cancelled - much like the story of Lillypad itself. Edit 2: .flow (dotflow) is also a Yume Nikki fangame in the folder. Both these fangames and the original Yume Nikki were made in the same rpgmaker engine as OFF (rpgm2003). If the creator/s of this ARG are genuinely fans of these games and possibly even worked on Solitude, the tones of the ARG start to make a lot more sense as to where its influences and aesthetics come from! Edit 3: YNFG creator friend suggests that this person was at least around on uboachan from the early 2000s to early 2010s, because that is when Solitude was being collabed on. Time period tracks.

In the "Fall" audio ay 16:15 right after the loud step the sounds are same that can be heard in the game Limbo where at the end you invert gravity with the machines

The teleport into the debug dimension seems like a su1cide metaphor to me. Putting aside all your things, going up to a high place, and the final jump into "hell". I wonder if that's how that dev died...?

LETS GOOOOO your last video was what got me into this ARG and the updates since then have been INCREDIBLE. i cant wait to watch the part about Reinsertion Point, thats my favorite video from the ARG

13:03 I don't think that dev was fired... *I think he was ejected.*

2:21 - Super Meat Boy (first desktop icon) was released on October 23, 2010, but if you look at the Windows clock it shows August 23 2010. So it is impossible to him have this game.

Glad you covered more of this! I really respect the amount of effort being put into this ARG, really looking forward to more of what they do in the future!

I think it's really cool how there's a lot of myths/lost media that appear to exist in-universe, such as a full release of Sonic X-Treme and the Herobrine live stream. It really emphasizes the idea of this being an alternate universe.

Yes! I’m very excited to watch this one, I loved the last one and have been waiting to continue watching this ARG until this video inevitably came out. I’ve been feeling sick for the past two days, so I’m really happy that this video happened to come today. You’re my favorite horror commentary channel, I really think you make some of the best ARG videos on the internet. I really can always count on you to give me just enough of a scare to be fun, while not really having things like jumpscares. Please, don’t stop the great content :D

I really love your ARG content! I love ARG but I don’t like participating in them directly. I like to see other people piece things together, like reading a really good mystery novel. Thank you for the great work! Can’t wait to see how this pans out in the end ☺️

Every upload of yours is a certified banger, voice-over, editing, script, imagery everything is just great. Keep up the great work!

I believe that most of the audio, creepy photos and videos were meant for a mix of a horror/adventure type game. With the PS2 gameplay in one of the videos it shows that they could be following a reference. A way to base their new game off of. All the creepy faces and videos were tests and references for what would be finalised and put into the game as bosses. Most likely around 16-17 bosses just like the PS2 game. The reason why we don't see them is because dev 5 wants to focus more on the adventure side like what was said in the video. But when dev 1 and 2 were leading the team they had gotten some of the horror aspects done. Like the bosses that we have seen.

Just want to say how phenomenal this ARG is. This could very easily be passed off as being a legit lost version of Minecraft that was a testing grounds for RubyDung. Everything about it is just perfect, the shadow players not being ghosts but people monitoring players is great, and all the features feel so genuine, like they give off the exact vibe INDEV gave off. Just amazing work to the people behind this its fantastic!

I really appreciate that you went back to this ARG to analyze all the new stuff.

I've fallen in love with your videos covering ARG's/Mysteries such as these. I hope you'll continue to put out such good content in the future!

My 2 cents on the weird sky: the Crab Nebula supernova and shattered moon are supposed to indicate that the sun in Minecraft's solar system has died in this continuity, and most of the new items are build around this premise (more complex torches, tough windows, wisp lights floating about, flowers that damage zombies etc.

Thanks for the video. I've never pieced any of them together myself, maybe due to them being posted months apart & not binge-watching them all at once. They seemed to me like a stream of mostly unconnected events.

The work put into this ARG is crazy. Can’t believe someone would put so much effort into something like this!

that turi ip ip at 13:41 tho

The timing! i was just rewatching part 1 of this last night wondering if a part 2 was in the works ! thank you :)

Breaking immersion a bit to say, the effort these people put on this ARG is insane since they would need to code a new UI for the game, add new items, mobs, biomes, etc, it's really a personalized Mod they put to use on these videos, it's really cool and i appreciate so much effort being put into this project

Plot twist: RGN made the ARG himself

Those bipedal monsters at 12:30 are simply Filth from the hit game Ultrakill

The last part was my favorite video of yours, really happy to see this ARG return here!

I'll be honest the devs might've been lashing out at you for making this stuff more well known and bringing a new (probably young) audience to the arg

Glad to be here to see this! I always love this ARG! The stairs video is honestly creepy to me! Thanks for covering RGN!

I unironically thought 12:21 said “sex”

Glad to see you have made a continuation on the explaining the ARG, Super addicting stuff man.

i LOVED the original video (saw it the day it came out), even joining the discord for it. so glad you revisited this as I just rewatched the old one

19:32 there just pp towers😅

please make more deep dives on digital horror. those are the most interesting ones to me, so far.

One of my favourite topics you have discussed on your channel! Keep up the research and the great work :D

15:09 Elliot Conrad Hotwood sounds like a parody of Alias Conrad Coldwood. Dude who created OST to OFF.

This series is so interesting, and the soundtrack is so beautiful.

1:25 Sunrise 2:15 Consequences 6:39 Internal Footage 4 7:36 Reinsertion Point 10:42 Attachment_b849.avi 17:09 Home 17:47 Video Collection

This is undoubtedly the best Chanel in RU-vid, why? Their videos are so relaxing and yet engaging, it isn’t amazing to watch while I draw or listen to on the background while I do some work, you do an amazing job with these!

The fact that this is a genuine project thats going on _right now_ makes this almost the most intriguing thing ive ever seen

Do a Video on DaGrandma she has lots of weird found footage about people living in her home that send her videos

What if the real mystery is they're time travelers from the past showing us an alternate Minecraft.

this and part 1 are my favorite videos on your entire channel! great job :)

Yes!! I've been waiting for a continuation of this for a while! Great video :]

I turned on notifications for their channel, and I have to say that it was a huge treat watching video 4 with no knowledge of the current lore. Still is!

Wow, it's crazy how much work you put into this! Now I'm wondering what Mojang had to say about it, if anything.

This video and the one before is what got me into watching you. I love these ARGs, keep up the work!

21:21 in my entire lifetime, i never thought would i see .flow be referenced in a minecraft arg, genuinely. And solitude as well which is genuinely surprising since it only had 1 verison and was canceled shortly after and no one knows what it is.