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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] As of 2009, it was sponsored by, among others, Pixar.^[4]

In 2003, Scene.org established the Scene.org Awards, given annually to the creators of the best demos or intros that year. The winners (except for the Public's Choice category) were selected by a jury, consisting of acclaimed sceners from all around the globe. The awarding ceremony was traditionally held at the Breakpoint demo party.,^[5] however on the first of September 2010, it was announced that the 2011 award would be held at The Gathering. The Scene.org Awards project however ended at Assembly in 2012.^[6]

The awards hosted the following categories:^[7]

• Best Demo
• Best 64K Intro
• Best 4K Intro (from 2004)
• Best Effects
• Best Graphics
• Best Soundtrack
• Best Direction
• Most Original Concept
• Breakthrough Performance
• Best Technical Achievement (from 2009)
• Public's Choice (from 2004)
• Best Demo on an Oldschool Platform (from 2005)

Note: The year signifies the release year of the products - the ceremony is always held during the following year.

keWlers and Moppi are tied for the most awards won with four each. The most nominated firm is keWlers with 19 total nominations. mfx is the only group with at least one nomination in every year, as of 2006.

Planet Risk and Lifeforce, both by Andromeda Software Development, are the only demos so far that have won the Best Demo and Public's Choice at the same time.

• Grenfell, Paul (1 May 2010). "Scene.org Awards". Game Developer. 17 (5): 5. ISSN 1073-922X.

• Official website
  • Awards