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i was going to start mc in 1.2.5 but if i hit singleplayer it crashes, and i get this log:



Minecraft has crashed!
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Minecraft has stopped running because it encountered a problem.




--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7cf3a456 --------
Generated 11/28/14 9:06 AM

Minecraft: Minecraft 1.2.5
OS: Windows 8.1 (amd64) version 6.3
Java: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
LWJGL: 2.9.0
OpenGL: AMD Radeon(TM) R5 Graphics version 4.3.12804 Compatibility Profile Context 13.352.1004.1007, ATI Technologies Inc.

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 2
at iz.a(SourceFile:256)
at if.a(SourceFile:254)
at mw.a(SourceFile:192)
at lr.b(SourceFile:734)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.x(SourceFile:752)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:671)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 21caba67 ----------

my game will work fine with all the new versions, and also the beta ones

Use Java 7, not 8.

why