The Basics of Searching

Terms and Phrases
When running a search, remember that there's a difference between single terms and phrases. If you'd like to run a search for a complete phrase exactly as it appears somewhere on the site, be sure to include quotes around every word in the phrase. For example, "Fancy Pants Adventures" in quotes won't bring up similarly named games involving pants that don't contain all three words in that exact order.

Wildcard Searches
Not sure if you're looking for "The Fancy Pants Adventure" or "The Fancy Pants Adventures"? Don't worry, neither does Dr Nero! You can solve this problem with the "*" symbol. Simply run a search for "fancy pants adventure*" and the game should come up either way. You can also type a "*" symbol in place of a suffix you're unsure about. For example, if you're unsure about whether the game you're looking for is called "Hovercraft," "Hovercrafts," "Hovercrafting," "Hovercrafter," or maybe even something really bizarre, like "Hovercrafty," just type "hovercraft*" into the search field.

Boolean Operators
If you simply enter two terms (either single words or phrases in quotes, as discussed earlier), the "OR" operator will be automatically applied, which means that a search will be run for anything that includes any term you typed. You can get pickier with "AND" or "+" (no quotes, though) between multiple terms to only look for entries that have both of those terms. A "-" can also be used to keep certain terms out of your search. For example, if you're running a search for "Fancy Pants," but you would absolutely hate it if you found a game that's better than Fancy Pants, just enter the following: "fancy pants" - better. Note that Boolean operators such as "AND" and "OR" must be typed in all caps and, again, without quotes.