| Option Category | # # CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS # |
| Description | This option tells MAME to drop a selected number of frames for every 12. The number specified after the command tells MAME is the amount of frames not to show. e.g. if you set frames to 4 then MAME will only draw 8 out of a possible 12 frames. The command accepts values between 0 and 10. |
| Full Command | -frameskip <integer> |
| Alt. Command | -fs |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64.exe pacman -frameskip 2 |
| mame.ini Command | frameskip |
| Command Default | 0 |
| Argument Format | <integer> |