salmon's retro soup (minecraft, but it was made half a decade earlier)
minecraft but it came out in 2005 on the playstation 2, with a couple "vanilla+" mods that cater to my personal taste.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.21.1 on Fabric. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
a retro mod that aims to emulate the glory days of minecraft without getting rid of too many modern day features. based around the idea of "what if minecraft was made 5 years earlier?"
this mod runs on 26.2 and has been updated, will not include mods that are no longer getting updated.
- iris and sodium are included for performance.
- nostalgic tweaks for various old features
- golden days base for old textures and vibes
- ninjamike1211's psx mcsx shader for "the look"
- from the fog for a twinge of creepines (not updated, so i cant include it in newest release)
- plamso voice and soundboard for proximity chat options
- moderner for old terrain generation option
- and like 40 other mods that i'm too lazy to list
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY ISSUES.
(note: to configure the crt overlay to match your display and personal preference, simply adjust the settings in the mcsx psx shader menu.)
SCREENSHOTS:
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Downloads as salmon's retro soup v1.6.zip
- Download size: 8.8 MB
- Download link checked 5 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.