A special version of "Minecraft" is available to download and install on the Raspberry Pi for free, but setting it up isn't as simple as running it on Windows.

Raspberry Pi microcomputers can be a great option for hosting your Minecraft world as long as you don't mind doing the work to set it up.

1. Download the archive To get your copy of Minecraft, download the archive to your Raspberry Pi. Make sure you remember where you saved it, because we will need to use it in the next step.

Overclock your Raspberry Pi to Medium. Change the memory split to 16MB. Reboot your Raspberry Pi. Download and install Java. Download and install Minecraft Server.

NOOBS is the built-in operating system installer for Raspberry Pi. But if you already know which operating system you want to use, there's a quicker way to get your Pi up and running.

Mojang have announced that they are releasing a free version of Minecraft for the popular Raspberry Pi platform, the game is now available to download, and Mojang have also released a Raspberry Pi ...

If you want to use Raspberry Pi on a Windows computer, follow the steps mentioned in this post to install Raspberry Pi OS on VirtualBox.