<s>
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
entertainment	O
website	O
and	O
company	O
founded	O
by	O
Tom	O
Fulp	B-Operating_System
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fulp	B-Operating_System
produces	O
in-house	O
content	O
at	O
the	O
headquarters	O
and	O
offices	O
in	O
Glenside	O
,	O
Pennsylvania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2000s	O
and	O
2010s	O
,	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
played	O
an	O
important	O
role	O
in	O
Internet	O
culture	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Internet	O
animation	O
and	O
independent	O
video	O
gaming	O
in	O
particular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
most	O
current	O
browsers	O
by	O
late	O
2020	O
,	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
uses	O
the	O
Ruffle	B-Operating_System
emulator	I-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
emulator	O
written	O
in	O
Rust	B-Application
and	O
is	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
along	O
with	O
other	O
popular	O
sites	O
like	O
Cool	O
Math	O
Games	O
and	O
Armor	O
Games	O
for	O
content	O
created	O
with	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
Ruffle	B-Operating_System
only	O
supported	O
a	O
select	O
few	O
number	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
projects	O
written	O
in	O
ActionScript	O
3.0	O
which	O
meant	O
users	O
had	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
"	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
Player	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
own	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
emulator	O
which	O
it	O
used	O
prior	O
to	O
Ruffle	B-Operating_System
,	O
to	O
run	O
projects	O
written	O
in	O
AS3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
 '	O
homepage	O
includes	O
featured	O
submissions	O
from	O
each	O
category	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
awards	O
and	O
honors	O
to	O
users	O
whose	O
submission	O
that	O
fall	O
under	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
requirements	O
to	O
earn	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
also	O
organize	O
animations	O
called	O
"	O
collabs	O
"	O
through	O
the	O
discussion	O
forum	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
age	O
13	O
,	O
Tom	O
Fulp	B-Operating_System
launched	O
a	O
Neo	B-Operating_System
Geo	I-Operating_System
fanzine	O
called	O
New	O
Ground	O
and	O
sent	O
issues	O
to	O
approximately	O
100	O
members	O
of	O
a	O
club	O
originating	O
on	O
the	O
online	O
service	O
Prodigy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
a	O
hosting	O
service	O
,	O
he	O
launched	O
a	O
website	O
called	O
New	O
Ground	O
Remix	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
which	O
increased	O
in	O
popularity	O
during	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1996	O
after	O
Fulp	B-Operating_System
created	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
games	O
Club	O
a	O
Seal	O
and	O
Assassin	O
while	O
a	O
student	O
at	O
Drexel	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1999	O
release	O
of	O
Pico	B-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
School	I-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
browser	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
that	O
"	O
exhibited	O
a	O
complexity	O
of	O
design	O
and	O
polish	O
in	O
presentation	O
that	O
was	O
virtually	O
unseen	O
in	O
amateur	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
development	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
helped	O
establish	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
"	O
public	O
force.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
required	O
for	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
in	O
order	O
to	O
play	O
specific	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
also	O
brought	O
together	O
members	O
who	O
were	O
interested	O
in	O
producing	O
Flash	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
and	O
gained	O
"	O
considerable	O
online	O
influence	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
subsequently	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
"	O
active	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
creator	O
communities	O
in	O
the	O
English-speaking	O
Internet	O
"	O
and	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
place	O
that	O
game	O
developers	O
could	O
begin	O
their	O
careers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
was	O
once	O
described	O
by	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
"	O
driving	O
force	O
"	O
behind	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
animators	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
moved	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
by	O
the	O
mid-2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
had	O
over	O
1.5	O
million	O
users	O
and	O
over	O
130,000	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
began	O
to	O
encourage	O
contributors	O
to	O
submit	O
their	O
games	O
in	O
an	O
HTML5	B-Application
format	O
rather	O
than	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
and	O
December	O
,	O
it	O
experienced	O
surges	O
of	O
new	O
members	O
originally	O
from	O
Tumblr	B-Application
when	O
that	O
site	O
began	O
restricting	O
adult	O
content	O
after	O
illegal	O
child	O
pornography	O
was	O
found	O
on	O
it	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
Tumblr	B-Application
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
being	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
summer	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
administration	O
of	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
unveiled	O
the	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
Player	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
solution	O
for	O
playing	O
Flash	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
and	O
movies	O
"	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
an	O
update	O
for	O
the	O
browser	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
Friday	B-Application
Night	I-Application
Funkin	I-Application
 '	I-Application
was	O
exclusively	O
released	O
on	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
causing	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
server	O
to	O
become	O
overloaded	O
after	O
an	O
influx	O
of	O
site	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
Fulp	B-Operating_System
received	O
the	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
Pioneer	O
Award	O
for	O
his	O
contributions	O
to	O
establishing	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
and	O
subsequent	O
work	O
in	O
The	O
Behemoth	O
.	O
</s>
