The previous versions of the Alife Database have their own advantages. They are less interactive and the database is smaller, but here they are:

• The first version
  The first version was manually assembled, and implemented using two off-the-shelf Java applets. It was primarily oriented towards active Alife participation, and therefore it put an emphasis on sites offering free source code (especially Java) and on sites providing online playing and experimenting.

  

• The second version
  The second version was built around much larger and more comprehensive database, where the data was automatically gathered by an intelligent search bot that scanned the world wide web for Alife related pages. The user interface used one of the applets of the first version.