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The birth of a legend
When Markus Persson was born -
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MineCraft
A story about the creation of Minecraft. -
The Beginning of an artist
This is when Markus started getting into coding when his father brought home a commodore 128 at age 7. -
Creation of His First Game
Programmed his first game at age 8. It was cowboys vs Indians test-based adventure game. -
Markus first job
In 2005 Markus got his first job at king.com as a programmer and quit in 2009 when he started working for Jalbum. -
Mojang Company Creation
Carl Mennah, Markus Persson founded Mojang head office where they worked on Minecraft and other games such as scrolls. -
Alpha version of MineCraft
Markus developed the alpha versions of Minecraft -
Beta
The beta versions of Minecraft were released to the public -
1st 1million
Mojang had officially sold 1 million copies of Minecraft -
5 Million
At this time Markus sold over 5 million copies of Minecraft -
Going once Going twice SOLD!
At this point in Markus's life, he sold Mojang to Microsoft for 2,5 billion dollars