MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: MAME command line param to list game info?

> > Is there a command line param to list the game info for a given game, like the info
> > given in 'Game Information' in the MAME UI?
> >
> > I specifically want to find the vertical refresh frequency (Hz) the original game's
> > monitor ran at.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Hmmm, think that's in the XML.
> Ex. mame.exe -listxml
> Ex. mame.exe -listxml > c:\blah\blah.xml
>
> You'll have to parse it. Also, IIRC it's really only going to list the refresh at
> start, not all the possible refreshes a game may have.
>
> There's probably some 3rd party scene tool that pretties up the output for ya, tho.
>
> - Stiletto

This is correct in most cases and will show the default for the hardware/driver/game you are running. There are some instances which the Hz / resolution will change from defaults after the game starts, to adjust for the given game or situation. There is no way to extract this information other than while the game is running and using that "Game Information".

This is an example of changing freqs:
http://mametesters.org/view.php?id=5588