The $25 Raspberry Pi is a wallet-sized computer that is aimed at people who are learning programming or just want a small, basic computer. Mojang has ported a version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition to the platform, and it will be a free download.
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The Minecraft Pi version will be more limited than the full PC version, which has sold more than 8 million copies. But it may be enough to get kids interested in programming. The Raspberry Pi (second edition) is a stripped-down computer with 512 megabytes of dynamic random access memory. Minecraft is already available on the PC, Xbox 360, Android, and iOS.