UVL: Search help title
Other (objects, etc.) theme
Includes a title intended to help with inexact search queries, such as omitted or changed special symbols, problems with used typeface, etc.
301
games
48platforms
PSP 2004-12
SAT 1997-02-14
MSX2 1988
LIN 1999
VITA 2014-08-21
PS3 2012-11-22
GBA 2004-12-16
LIN 2014-04-17
WIN 2009-02-20
LIN 2003
X360 2007-11-06
WIN 2007
Amusingly I typoed the tag name and didn't notice it before I had 20 or so games marked. But it shows part of the issue, some games are named in quite peculiar fashion.
This does NOT include informal titles, abbreviations or fan created titles.
Examples:
Number variants. Number in titles my be shown in words of various languages, various scripts (Roman numerals), something other than base-10, and may substitute script for convince (using the letters N, S, I, V, X, L, C, D, M to represent roman numerals). Editors can include whatever variants the title that might be reasonably searched for.
Regional/historical decimal separators. Many places in modern times use a comma every third digit in a positive whole number for clarity and a full stop (period) to indicate decimals. However, some places do not; and games originating thereof may use a different method in their titles. They may use non-breaking spaces every third digit, or every second, or mix fourths and third and seconds, and a comma for decimals. Also a comma for decimals and full stops ever third digit. And even underlined superscript for decimals in the most ridiculous places (certain USA road signs, but not all). Game titles may use some such number formats to reference specific places. Historically, overbars, vertical bars, L-bars, and interpuncts were used. Game titles may use an historical format for dramatic effect. And other variants also exist. For clarity and searching, it may be advantageous for the title to be also listed with third digit commas and period decimals. BTW, officially, everybody is supposed to use a space of some sort every third digit and a comma for the decimals.
Letters with above-right dots (They look like letters with a diaeresis that is missing it's left dot.) inserting an interpreter and/or bullet and/or the undercoated letter is a way to represent such a letter when fonts do not place the dot properly.
Mirrored letters. Titles with letters unmirrored should be included for searching. Users should have no problem finding "TETЯIS" by searching for "TETRIS"
Purposefully misspelled titles. "Compleat Apventure" may be correct, but a search for "complete adventure" is the most likely way a user would expect to find this title having heard it spoken.
Abbreviations. "M. I. R. V.", "M.I.R.V.", "MIRV", and "Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle"
Hyphens. It is reasonable that users will search for unhyphenated titles that are hyphenated.
Ligatures. "Rætikon", "Raetikon"
Accented charters. UVL will fine some titles with accented chanters when a uses searches with equivalent unaccented charters ("u" is also "ú"). But it does not find all (o is not o͘ ). If you cannot find a game using unaccented charters then it needs an alternate title that uses unaccented charters.
Symbols. ie: ♥
This does NOT include informal titles, abbreviations or fan created titles.
Examples:
Number variants. Number in titles my be shown in words of various languages, various scripts (Roman numerals), something other than base-10, and may substitute script for convince (using the letters N, S, I, V, X, L, C, D, M to represent roman numerals). Editors can include whatever variants the title that might be reasonably searched for.
Regional/historical decimal separators. Many places in modern times use a comma every third digit in a positive whole number for clarity and a full stop (period) to indicate decimals. However, some places do not; and games originating thereof may use a different method in their titles. They may use non-breaking spaces every third digit, or every second, or mix fourths and third and seconds, and a comma for decimals. Also a comma for decimals and full stops ever third digit. And even underlined superscript for decimals in the most ridiculous places (certain USA road signs, but not all). Game titles may use some such number formats to reference specific places. Historically, overbars, vertical bars, L-bars, and interpuncts were used. Game titles may use an historical format for dramatic effect. And other variants also exist. For clarity and searching, it may be advantageous for the title to be also listed with third digit commas and period decimals. BTW, officially, everybody is supposed to use a space of some sort every third digit and a comma for the decimals.
Letters with above-right dots (They look like letters with a diaeresis that is missing it's left dot.) inserting an interpreter and/or bullet and/or the undercoated letter is a way to represent such a letter when fonts do not place the dot properly.
Mirrored letters. Titles with letters unmirrored should be included for searching. Users should have no problem finding "TETЯIS" by searching for "TETRIS"
Purposefully misspelled titles. "Compleat Apventure" may be correct, but a search for "complete adventure" is the most likely way a user would expect to find this title having heard it spoken.
Abbreviations. "M. I. R. V.", "M.I.R.V.", "MIRV", and "Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle"
Hyphens. It is reasonable that users will search for unhyphenated titles that are hyphenated.
Ligatures. "Rætikon", "Raetikon"
Accented charters. UVL will fine some titles with accented chanters when a uses searches with equivalent unaccented charters ("u" is also "ú"). But it does not find all (o is not o͘ ). If you cannot find a game using unaccented charters then it needs an alternate title that uses unaccented charters.
Symbols. ie: ♥
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The first UVL: Search help title video game was released in 1982.
TheAndroidWorks, Capcom and Vivendi Universal published most of these games.