Scene.org

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Demoscene
Concepts
Chiptune Demo Intro Demoparty Effects Demogroup Compo Diskmag Module file Tracker
Alternative demo platforms
Amiga Commodore 64 ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC
Current parties
Alternative Party Assembly Chaos Constructions The Gathering Revision X
Websites
Scene.org Mod Archive
Magazines
Scene World Hugi
Software
OpenMPT Protracker Scream Tracker FastTracker 2 Impulse Tracker Jeskola Buzz Renoise MilkyTracker ModPlug Player SunVox
Tracker musicians Demosceners Chiptune artists
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Scene.org (also known as The International Scene Organization) is a non-profit organization, providing the currently largest demoscene file repository. It was founded in 1996 by Jaakko "Mellow-D" Manninen, though originally it existed as ftp.fm.org, an FTP-server for releases from the group Five Musicians. In 1997, it re-opened as Scene.org. After the Hornet Archive closed on September 22, 1998, scene.org became the only prominent demoscene-FTP available and quickly became the host of many other releases as well.^[1]

The Scene.org servers are hosted in Rotterdam, at the local university. They measure 150-200 GB of traffic each day (as of May 2006) and host about 1.1 TB of demoscene-related data (as of June 2013).^[2] The main server is mirrored onto various others, residing in different countries.^[3] It is currently sponsored by, among others, Pixar.^[4]