| Option Category | # # CORE MISC OPTIONS # |
| Description | This option will start MAME with it's cheat system enabled. If you have the file cheat.7z in your MAME folder it will load any cheats available when you pick a game. You can access these cheats by pressing the TAB key in game and select cheats. Cheats can also be controlled by MAME's LUA console. There is a page on this on the Additional Media page. The cheat file can be downloaded from here. |
| Full Command | -cheat |
| Alt. Command | -c |
| Reverse Command | -nocheat |
| Example | mame64.exe pacman -cheat |
| mame.ini Command | cheat |
| Command Default | 0 |
| Argument Format | <boolean> |