Seven stunning Minecraft creations By Joe Miller Technology reporter
Many of us will recall being first introduced to Minecraft by Microsoft when it announced that it would pay $2.5bn (PS1.5bn) for the company behind the most-selling videogame.
For many years a dedicated community has been working on intricate cyberspace-based marvels in Minecraft for many years.
Here are seven of the top:
Game of Thrones
Mapmakers WesterosCraft are on a mission to recreate the world imagined by George RR Martin in the Game of Thrones books and TV series. The aim is to provide an opportunity for roleplaying in the fantasy world.
A working 16-bit computer
A Minecraft gamer with the username ohmganesha created a fully functional 16-bit computer in only two weeks. The virtual machine has 32 bytes of RAM (random-access memory) and 256 bytes of ROM (read-only memory).
This Cathedral
Patrix, the edifice's architect He said it took him just two nights to construct. He claimed that he'd never been inside the cathedral in person.
A hard drive that functions
Cody Littley's hard drive can hold a single kilobyte of data, which may seem unimpressive when compared with ordinary discs until you consider that Mr Littley - an undergraduate in computer science in Texas built it piece-by piece.
An entire city
The Aurora City Project artists admit that the project may never be completed. Chakribakri's Blog However, the detailed cityscapes show the reason. Here are a few pictures.
All of Denmark
To help children learn, the Danish government decided to map the entire country using Minecraft. However the project was later destroyed, with parts of the map blown up using virtual "dynamite".
A playable guitar
Disco, the creator of Minecraft's cyber guitar can play 10 open chords of basic quality. A demonstration can be seen here.
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