| Option Category | # # OSD DEBUGGING OPTIONS # |
| Description | This option switches on a watchdog facility in MAME which will sit and monitor a system and exit the it if nothing is happening. This helps with bugged systems that can crash out in MAME and lock you out. If this is enabled it will shut down the system is the screen stops updating after the set amount of seconds. Default is 0. |
| Full Command | -watchdog <integer> |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | none |
| Example | mame64.exe pacman -watchdog 25 |
| mame.ini Command | watchdog |
| Command Default | 0 |
| Argument Format | <integer> |