Help with Search

The search sidebar allows you the search the arcade database for game titles by name, manufacturer, release year, and genre. You can combine the search criteria to limit the number of records returned by your query.

Query Examples

• To search for pac man in the title type "pac man"
• To search for games made by cinematronics type "[manufacturer=cinematronics]"
• To search for games released in 1980 type "[released=1980]"
• To search for platform games type "[genre=platform]"
• Filter the platform results to titles with man in the title type "[genre=platform] man"

Note

To save bandwidth and server load, search results are limited to a maximum of 50 records returned even though the search results will report the actual number of matches found.