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I believe I am not alone in having felt that GOG’s game search options leave quite a bit to be desired. Having recently reduced my backlog to only a few hundred games, I decided I now had the time to stop sitting on my backside and do something about it (the search, not the backlog, nor the backside).
So I wrote my own search engine: MaGog.
Read its tutorial to learn how to use it and follow this thread to keep abreast of updates.
You are welcome to ask for new features. I have my own ideas, but would love to hear from you.

P.S. If you find MaGog useful, please also consider registering in The Directory of Public Wishlists thread. Read about it in post #1 of that thread.

P.P.S. MaGog is currently in Legacy Mode. In this mode, she ignores games added to GOG in the last year or so (a sliding window, updated once a month), while fully monitoring games added to GOG before that. The reason for this is GOG's decision to add games with in-game purchasing (i.e. Gwent) to its catalogue. If and when GOG removes Gwent, or does something equally monumental (e.g. begin selling DRM games, or single-player games with in-game purchasing), MaGog will return to her full-blown regular mode.
Post edited August 13, 2020 by mrkgnao
This is fantastic! And yes, you're not alone, I too have found the search system in place to be lacking a lot of crucial features. I'm using Chrome (v 35.0.1916.114 m) and seems to work fine so far. I'll let you know if I find any issues in the future.

Thank you! +1
Post edited May 28, 2014 by ASnakeNeverDies
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Some examples of (more or less) interesting searches you could do:
1) Games with at least 4.5 stars and 1000 user ratings, sorted by descending order of number of stars and number of user ratings
[url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmbaxyv&ord=s9n9&flt=sat~4.5~nat~1000~]http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=s9n9&flt=sat~4.5~nat~1000~[/url]
2) Games removed from GOG, sorted alphabetically
http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=r&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=
3) Games with no bonuses at all, sorted by release date
[url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmbaxyv&ord=r0&flt=bnb~1~]http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=r0&flt=bnb~1~[/url]
4) Games that offer both Finnish and Hungarian support
[url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmbaxyv&ord=&flt=lal~FinHun~]http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=lal~FinHun~[/url]
5) Games that officially support Windows 8, but not Windows 7
[url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmbaxyv&ord=&flt=oan~w08~onn~w07~]http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=oan~w08~onn~w07~[/url]
6) Games currently on sale
[url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmbaxyv&ord=&flt=pos~1~]http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=pos~1~[/url]
7) Turn-based RPGs of the 1990’s
http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=gal~rpgtur~rne~01011990~rnl~31121999~
8) Games costing up to $15, no larger than 1.2GB, supporting Vista but not Mac, published in a month with “r”, not supporting either Brazilian-Portuguese or Bulgarian, having multi-player mode, having avatars and a manual, and not containing “Settlers” in the title
[url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmbaxyv&ord=&flt=pnm~15~fnm~1.2G~oan~wvi~omc~0~rma~JanFebMarAprSepOctNovDec~lnn~BraBul~man~m~bal~avmn~tds~settlers~]http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gdr&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=pnm~15~fnm~1.2G~oan~wvi~omc~0~rma~JanFebMarAprSepOctNovDec~lnn~BraBul~man~m~bal~avmn~tds~settlers~[/url]

The options are as limitless as they are silly.

Note: The links above are sample outputs of the search engine. You can “save” searches you would like to repeat by simply bookmarking the results page or copying its address (i.e. all the information is in the URL).
Post edited June 03, 2014 by mrkgnao
Detailed customizable tabular results, that's all that I ever wanted from an advanced search.
Great job mrkgnao!

P.S: other examples
- [url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=d&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=oan~wxpwviw07w08~]current DLCs on GOG (Win)[/url]
- [url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=g&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=p0&flt=oan~wxpwviw07w08~pnm~5~pat~0.1~]cheap non-free games under 5$ (Win)[/url] <-needs a refreshed db
Post edited May 28, 2014 by phaolo
In case anyone's interested:
[url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gd&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=lan~Gre~]Games with Greek available as language[/url]
(A rather limited selection, if you ask me !)

And also:
[url=http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=gd&dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&ord=&flt=oan~w07~fnm~100M~]Games that work under Windows 7 no bigger than 100 MB[/url]

By the way, I'm going to try other combinations later. The sheer number of combinations available is so overwhelming ! Great job, mrkgnao ! :-)
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Shambhala: Is there a way to search for removed releases?
http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=r&amp;dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&amp;ord=&amp;flt=
Wait, you're the same dude of aN-ovel I see. Writer and coder? (ninja'd on this)

Anyway, is it somehow possible to exclude unwanted \ owned titles from Magog?
Post edited May 28, 2014 by phaolo
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Shambhala: Is there a way to search for removed releases?
Accatone has already posted a link, but you can do it yourself:

1) Go to the Scope section at the top of the MaGog engine page.
2) Uncheck the "Regular games" and "DLCs" checkboxes, but leave the "Removed games" box checked.
3) Submit.
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Shambhala: Is there a way to search for removed releases?
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mrkgnao: Accatone has already posted a link, but you can do it yourself:

1) Go to the Scope section at the top of the MaGog engine page.
2) Uncheck the "Regular games" and "DLCs" checkboxes, but leave the "Removed games" box checked.
3) Submit.
Thanks!

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Shambhala: Is there a way to search for removed releases?
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Accatone: http://www.an-ovel.com/cgi-bin/magog.cgi?scp=r&amp;dsp=ipgfsorlcmba&amp;ord=&amp;flt=
And thank you too!

Edit: it was right on the top of the page too, how the hell did I miss it? :D
Post edited May 28, 2014 by Shambhala
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phaolo: Wait, you're the same dude of aN-ovel I see. Writer and coder? (ninja'd on this)

Anyway, is it somehow possible to exclude unwanted \ owned titles from Magog?
I am thinking of a way of doing it, but it is definitely in the plans.
I need to think of some convenient way of storing that information per user so it remains from visit to visit (probably on your hard disk).
I need to think of some convenient way of adding tags such as owned/wishlisted/unwanted.
Post edited May 28, 2014 by mrkgnao
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phaolo: Wait, you're the same dude of aN-ovel I see. Writer and coder? (ninja'd on this)

Anyway, is it somehow possible to exclude unwanted \ owned titles from Magog?
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mrkgnao: I am thinking of a way of doing it, but it is definitely in the plans.
I need to think of some convenient way of storing that information per user so it remains from visit to visit (probably on your hard disk).
I need to think of some convenient way of adding tags such as owned/wishlisted/unwanted.
I assume you're familiar with HTML5 localStorage, that's likely the best solution you get for storing data locally.

What I would do is make an object with whatever you're using as ID for each game as keys and a string for the tag as the value (or an array of strings, if multiple tags are applicable at the same time), don't list the game if no tags are set, then serialize (JSON.stringify()) the object for storage (and unserialize (JSON.parse()) when read back).

Store:
tags = {
'redline': 'unwanted',
'beyond_good_and_evil': 'owned',
'return_to_zork': 'wishlisted'
};

localStorage.setItem('storedTags', JSON.stringify(tags));
Read:
tags = localStorage.getItem('storedTags');
tags = JSON.parse(tags);
As for a nice UI for adding tags... UI design's not my strong suit, I'm afraid.
Post edited May 28, 2014 by Maighstir
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HypersomniacLive: I gave it a very quick spin but will have to toy with it more; so far very impressed with the functionality and all the choices.

A quick question - any particular reason there's no check-box for "Requirements"?
Do you mean "Age Requirements"? There is.

Do you mean "System Requirements"? Didn't get around yet to add to it to MaGog's database. Will do so in the upcoming weeks.
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mrkgnao: Do you mean "Age Requirements"? There is.

Do you mean "System Requirements"? Didn't get around yet to add to it to MaGog's database. Will do so in the upcoming weeks.
The latter - thanks for the clarification, will wait patiently!

Oh, and are there any plans to offer a darker theme (I think I read something about this, but can't find it now)?
My eyes complain that it's a bit too bright. ;-)
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mrkgnao: As some of you might have guessed, I use the light theme. I looked at the dark theme 5 years ago and bleccched. Never looked at it again until now.
Let me guess - GOG's light theme is the same grey as on MaGog?

The older I get the darker I prefer Internet sites to be - less strain on the eyes. ;-)
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mrkgnao: As some of you might have guessed, I use the light theme. I looked at the dark theme 5 years ago and bleccched. Never looked at it again until now.
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HypersomniacLive: Let me guess - GOG's light theme is the same grey as on MaGog?

The older I get the darker I prefer Internet sites to be - less strain on the eyes. ;-)
MaGog's light grey was indeed copied straight from GOG. I assume I'll do the same for the dark grey.
How old are you? I'm 48.
Post edited May 30, 2014 by mrkgnao