Scene World Magazine

Scene World was founded in November 2000 by several Commodore scene personalities under the organization of Joerg "Nafcom" Droege. The initial magazine presentation system was programmed by Robin Harbron, who would later find success as one of the developers of the C64 Direct-to-TV game device.{{cite web|last1=Patterson|first1=Blake|title='P1XL Party' - A Multi-Game Pack for the Retro Lovers Out There|url=http://toucharcade.com/2011/06/23/p1xl-party-a-multi-game-pack-for-the-retro-lovers-out-there/|publisher=toucharcade|accessdate=26 April 2015}} Harbron stopped actively supporting the magazine in 2001; the presentation system has since been documented, modified, and updated by various editors and staff members.

Throughout Scene World{{'}}s history, it has attempted to style itself as both an NTSC (North America, Japan, and South Korea) and PAL (Europe, Oceania, and the Middle East) production, allowing it to court talent and reach audiences in largely disparate computer cultures.{{cite web|last=Adok|title=Diskmag Galore|url=http://www.hugi.scene.org/online/hugi37/hugi%2037%20-%20demoscene%20diskmags%20adok%20magic%20diskmag%20galore%202.htm|publisher=Hugi|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Scene World has also been one of the few disk magazines to actively seek individuals that do not fit into the specific software cracking or demo scene subcultures that most other disk magazines focus on. As a result, it has been able to conduct interviews with numerous non-Commodore-related computer industry pioneers.

Additionally, Scene World partnered with fellow disk magazine Loadstar (ISSN 0886-4144) in 2003 for a "Wild West" cross-promotion.{{cite web|last=Merman|title=Loadstar: end of an era!|url=http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11737&sid=163dae4f5a971af4f750e9703d01de57

|publisher=Lemon64 Forum|accessdate=25 April 2015}}

Scene World currently utilizes an all-volunteer editorial staff of 20, and produces two issues of the disk magazine per year, generally in summer and winter, with video interviews scheduled to coincide with the disk magazine releases. Podcasts and video reviews are released on a semi-monthly basis, and do not follow the release schedule of the magazine.

Issues of the magazine are delivered as downloadable disk image files for use in emulators or on actual Commodore hardware. Additionally, issues can be viewed online, via an embedded version of the VICE emulator.{{cite web|last1=Koch|first1=Maik|title=Scene World: Diskmagazin für C64-Fans ab sofort auch im Browser nutzen|date=30 October 2015 |url=http://www.pcgames.de/Panorama-Thema-233992/News/Scene-World-Retro-C64-Magazin-1176198/|publisher=PC Games|accessdate=2 November 2015}} Text of the magazine is provided via presentation software. This software allows users to select and read articles and scroll through text, while also allowing them to change text and background color, switch between fonts, alternate between logos, and select either music or silence. Uniquely, support for the Commodore 1351 computer mouse is a feature of the presenter system;{{cite web|last1=Droege|first1=Joerg|title=Scene World presentation on HomeConnected meeting|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMxksVabVI|publisher=TMCRole|accessdate=25 April 2015}} during initial planning, Droege felt that American users would be more inclined to view the magazine if it resembled Berkeley Softworks' GEOS operating environment.{{cite web|last1=Wood|first1=Dan|title=The Commodore 64 Scene in 2017 – The Retro Hour EP82|date=4 August 2017 |url=https://www.theretrohour.com/the-commodore-64-scene-in-2017-the-retro-hour-ep82/|publisher=The Retro Hour Podcast|accessdate=4 August 2017}}

The text of the magazine is divided into articles or chapters, and covers topics ranging from news and updates, interviews (text-only or transcribed from video interviews), opinion and editorial content, demo party reports, and release charts.

In addition to Commodore-specific files, a PDF floppy disk sleeve image is also included with each issue. These "diskcovers" can be printed to create protective sleeves for people using physical floppy disks.

In 2012, Droege expanded Scene World{{'}}s non-disk magazine activities to focus on video-based interviews, initially with Michael Tomczyk and John Draper, and later with other technology pioneers such as Martin Cooper, Jeroen Tel, Bil Herd, Chuck Peddle, Yash Terakura,{{cite web|last1=Kitty|title=Scene World – Video interview with Yash Terakura|url=http://www.vintageisthenewold.com/scene-world-video-interview-with-yash-terakura/|publisher=Vintage Is The New Old|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Walter Day,{{cite web|title=News: Walter Day Skype Video Interview in Scene World Magazine|url=http://www.twingalaxies.com/content.php/3508-News-Walter-Day-Skype-Video-Interview-with-Scene-World-Magazine|publisher=Twin Galaxies|accessdate=25 April 2015}} James Bach, Alexey Pajitnov, Stewart Cheifet,{{cite web|last=Ditta|first=Sheraz|title=Computer Chronicles fan site|url=http://www.stquantum.com|publisher=stquantum.com|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Chris Huelsbeck,{{cite web|last1=Kitty|title=Scene World – Video interview with Chris Huelsbeck|url=http://www.vintageisthenewold.com/scene-world-video-interview-with-chris-huelsbeck/

|publisher=Vintage Is The New Old|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Jeri Ellsworth, and Ralph H. Baer. Baer's interview, in particular, garnered significant attention, it being the final—and longest—interview he gave prior to his death in December 2014.{{cite web|last1=Freundorfer|first1=Stephan|title=Nachruf auf Ralph H. Baer - Der Vater des Videospiels|website=Gamestar |date=9 December 2014 |url=http://www.gamestar.de/kolumnen/3081146/nachruf_ralph_h_baer.html|accessdate=25 March 2015}}

In July 2014, Scene World again expanded with an audio podcast, hosted by associate editor AJ Heller (with Droege as co-host), to focus primarily on technology personalities and newsmakers that are currently active and promoting products or services. Guests to date have included Tarnkappe.info's Lars Sobiraj;{{cite web|title=Zu Gast bei Scene World|date=23 July 2014 |url=http://lars-sobiraj.de/zu-gast-bei-scene-world/|accessdate=26 April 2015}} Frederik Schreiber and Mike Nielsen of 3D Realms;{{cite web|title=3D Realms Featured on the Latest Scene World Podcast|url=https://3drealms.com/news/3d-realms-featured-latest-scene-world-podcast/|accessdate=27 March 2015}} Matt Falcus and Sven Vößing of Cinemaware;{{cite web|title=Scene World Podcast Episode #2 The Return of Cinemaware|url=http://www.commodorefree.com/magazine/vol9/issue86.html#NEWS-2.9|publisher=Commodore Free|accessdate=25 April 2015}}

SiREN and Esper from Ubisoft's Frag Dolls professional gaming team; game music pioneers David Lowe and Rob Hubbard; Super Mario voice actor Charles Martinet;{{cite web|title=Charles Martinet (Voice of Mario) Podcast interview|url=http://www.playright.dk/forum/emne/36652-charles-martinet-voice-of-mario-podcast-interview?locale=en|accessdate=25 April 2015}} Vanessa Arteaga; David Fox; Ron Gilbert; Dan Wood; and Jay Maynard, a cosplayer famous for his "Tron"-based costume, known as the Tron Guy.{{cite web|last1=Heller|first1=AJ|title=Podcast Episode #10 - Jay Maynard: The Tron Guy|url=http://sceneworld.org/blog/2015/08/28/podcast-episode-10-jay-maynard-the-tron-guy/|publisher=Scene World Podcast|accessdate=30 August 2015}}

In June 2015, Droege further expanded Scene World{{'}}s online presence with a channel on the streaming platform Twitch. This channel currently hosts live interviews, conducted by the staff,{{cite web|title=Scene World Twitch Archive playlist| website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFSso4eV-9U4Tzt2-Rj416jiz-yXFIy_1|accessdate=4 July 2015}} and aims to create original programming, as well as stream the staff's participation in live{{cite web|title=Live C64 Multiplayer Matches today at Scene World Twitch Stream!|url=http://www.vintageisthenewold.com/23565-2/|accessdate=30 January 2016}} and charity events.

Since August 2015, Scene World has been a part of the retro area at the video game trade fair Gamescom, running a booth{{cite web|last1=Meyer|first1=René|title=Aussteller - Retrogaming Gamescom|url=http://www.schreibfabrik.de/gamescom/aussteller.php|publisher=Scheibfabrik|accessdate=7 September 2016}} in tandem with retro game music group "Hans Hiscore". Visitors to the booth can interact with the staff and read the magazine live on a real Commodore 64, as well as play music on Atari and C64 home computers with Hans Hiscore.{{cite web|last1=Teichmann|first1=Axel|title=Low Bit, High Fidelity: Finest Chiptunes auf der gamescom 2015|date=19 August 2015 |url=https://pixelnostalgie.de/2015/08/low-bit-high-fidelity-feinste-chiptune-musik-auf-der-gamescom-2015/|publisher=Pixelnostalgie|accessdate=7 September 2016}}

In December 2015, Scene World{{'}}s YouTube channel began hosting video reviews of new Commodore 64 hardware and software, beginning with a review of a new C64 Wi-Fi adapter, designed by Leif Bloomquist, which gained some coverage in both international{{cite web|last1=Benchoff|first1=Brian|title=GIVING THE C64 A WIFI MODEM|date=21 December 2015 |url=http://hackaday.com/2015/12/21/giving-the-c64-a-wifi-modem/|publisher=HACKADAY|accessdate=23 December 2015}} and German press.{{cite web|title=Wird ja auch Zeit! C64 bekommt WLAN-Modul|url=http://t3n.de/news/zeit-c64-bekommt-wlan-modul-666870/|publisher=t3n|accessdate=23 December 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Dirscherl|first1=Hans-Christian|title=Commodore C64 bekommt ein WLAN-Modul|url=http://www.pcwelt.de/news/Commodore-C64-bekommt-ein-WLAN-Modul-9901296.html|publisher=PC Welt|accessdate=23 December 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Rixecker|first1=Kim|title=33 Jahre nach Markteinführung: C64 bekommt WLAN-Modul|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=3 January 2016 |url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gadgets/c64-bekommt-wlan-modul-a-1069986.html|publisher=Spiegel|accessdate=3 January 2016}}

In July 2018, Droege also spoke about the magazine's involvement in video game preservation in an interview{{cite web|last1=McCumbers|first1=Alex|title=C64 Mini Analyzed Plus Retro Gaming Discussion with Joerg Droege of Scene World|url=https://www.twingalaxies.com/feed_details.php/2486/c64-mini-analyzed-plus-retro-gaming-discussion-with-joerg-droege-of-scene-world/4|publisher=Twin Galaxies|accessdate=31 July 2018}} - surrounding the C64 Mini and other retro gamig topics - conducted by the gaming scorekeeping institution Twin Galaxies.

In August 2018, Scene World released its first Amiga issue of Scene World #28.{{cite web|title=first Scene World on Amiga! – Scene World #28 – Amiga.|url=https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/first-scene-world-on-amiga-scene-world-28-amiga/|publisher=Vintage Is The New Old|accessdate=11 August 2018}}

In November 2018, the Internet Archive added a collection page for the Scene World Podcast to preserve its episodes.{{cite web|title=Internet Archive - Scene World Podcast - Collection Page|url=https://archive.org/details/scene_world_podcast|accessdate=13 November 2018}}

In December 2018, Scene World decided to release all video interviews with technology pioneers also as audio versions to make it possible to listen to each interviews rather than watching it on YouTube. For this, a Scene World Tech Interviews RSS feed in podcast format has been created with each interview listed on a dedicated webpage. To help preservation, all interviews are on a dedicated collection page at the Internet Archive as well.{{cite web|title=Internet Archive - Scene World Tech History Interviews - Collection Page|url=https://archive.org/details/sceneworld|accessdate=14 December 2018}}

In February 2021, in order to focus on better social media presence and public awareness, the musician and DJ Remute has joined Scene World as PR Assistant.{{cite web|title=Denis "remute" Karimani joins Scene World as PR Assistant|url=https://vintageisthenewold.com/denis-remute-karimani-joins-scene-world-as-pr-assistant/|publisher=Vintage Is The New Old|accessdate=28 February 2021}}

Scene World has received media attention on several occasions. In March, 2001, Droege was interviewed by the German Radio channel Bayern 3 of Bayerischer Rundfunk.{{cite web|last=Kummert|first=Florian|title=Der C64 lebt!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntiGtZXEbbs|publisher=Bayern 3 Radio|accessdate=25 April 2015}} In October 2005, Droege was interviewed in the German magazine Lotek64{{cite web|last1=Rust|first1=Volker|title=Scene World: PAL und NTSC kommen sich naeher|url=http://www.lotek64.com/hp/fileretriever.php?extended=0&issue=15|accessdate=25 March 2015}} and in 2013 in German magazine LOAD #2.{{cite web|last=Riebe|first=Marco|title=Das C64-Magazin Scene World|url=http://load-magazin.de/?dl_id=63|publisher=LOAD|accessdate=25 April 2015}}

On November 11, 2016, Droege was interviewed about the topic of retro gaming as part of a news item in the ZDF news program Heute.{{cite web|last=Garbe|first=Andreas|title="Pac-Man" ist wieder angesagt|url=https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/zdf-morgenmagazin/zdf-morgenmagazin-clip-14-122.html|publisher=ZDF| accessdate=18 November 2016}} On December, 8th 2016, the same news item - containing different quotes from participating interviewees - was aired as part of ZDF's Breakfast television program.{{cite web|last=Garbe|first=Andreas|title=Nostalgie pur - Retro-Games|url=https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/zdf-morgenmagazin/zdf-morgenmagazin-clip-14-122.html|publisher=ZDF Breakfast television |accessdate=20 December 2016}}

In 2015, Droege was recognized for his work on Scene World with a trading card (#2296) in The Walter Day Collection.{{cite web|last=Todd|title=The Collection|url=http://thewalterdaycollection.com/forums/the-collection|publisher=Walter Day|accessdate=24 September 2015}}

Excerpts of The Scene World Podcast featuring Heller, David Lowe, and Holly Jazz Lowe were featured in the documentary Uncle Art: The Film{{cite web|last=Thorpe|first=Nick|title=Uncle Art: The Film Now On Kickstarter|url=https://www.retrogamer.net/blog_post/uncle-art-the-film-now-on-kickstarter/|publisher=Retro Gamer|accessdate=5 February 2019}} in late 2018.

A scientific approach of the floppy disk and what Scene World offers to the storage media, has been taken in an interview with Heller and Droege by a group of Dutch researchers for the book Floppy Disk Fever which went on pre-order in July 2022 and is due to release in September 2022.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/FloppyTotaal/status/1548624394926399489 |title=Floppy Disk Fever book Twitter announcement |publisher=Floppy Totaal |access-date=19 July 2022}}

Following the podcast with UbiSoft's Frag Dolls professional gaming team, Scene World staff members Droege and Heller committed to participating in the Extra Life (fundraiser) charity organization. The two raised money for the Illuminate team (former Frag Dolls team) in 2015{{cite web|title=Extra Life. Play Games. Heal Kids. Team Illuminate|url=http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.teamParticipants&teamID=20911|accessdate=4 July 2015}} and currently participate with their own team, "Scene World," since 2016.{{cite web|title=Extra Life. Play Games. Heal Kids. Team Scene World|url=http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=27590|accessdate=24 January 2016}}

In August 2016, Scene World also committed to participate in fundraising for The AbleGamers Foundation as Team Scene World.{{cite web|title=AbleGamers. Team Scene World|url=http://ablegamers.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=5003|accessdate=7 September 2016}}

In May 2017, Scene World helped the Swiss computer museum Musée Bolo by creating awareness about their fundraising to reach beyond the French Swiss community in order to ensure the museum's future existence.{{cite web|last1=Heine|first1=Martin|title=Podcast: Scene World #34 - The Bolo Museum's Yves Bolognini|url=http://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2017-05-00060-EN.html|publisher=Amiga-News.de|accessdate=4 June 2017}}

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• [http://www.sceneworld.org Scene World Magazine - Official Website]
• [http://csdb.dk/group/?id=1331 Scene World on the Commodore 64 Scene Database]
• [http://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=8520 Scene World on Pouet]
• [http://sceneworld.org/podcast Scene World Podcast]
• [https://archive.org/details/scene_world_podcast Scene World Podcast Collection in the Internet Archive]
• [https://sceneworld.org/history/ Scene World Scene World Tech History Interviews - MP3 Format]

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