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# Command Line
<P>FB Alpha can be invoked with command line options. When invoked this way, FB Alpha will automatically switch to fullscreen mode when a game is loaded, and the Escape key quits FB Alpha. The options are as follows;</P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="verdana" SIZE="1">fba &lt;game&gt; [-listinfo|-w|-a|-r &lt;width&gt;x&lt;height&gt;x&lt;depth&gt;]</FONT></B></P>
<P>&lt;game&gt; = The game's romname. You can specify the filename of a savestate or input recording instead.<BR />
-w = Run in a window instead of fullscreen.<BR />
-a = Use the same resolution as the original arcade game.<BR />
-r = Specify a resolution. Depth is optional.</P>
<P>If neither -a nor -r are specified, the default fullscreen resolution is used.</P>
<P>Examples:</P>
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<P><B>fba sfa3 -r 800x600x32</B></P>
<P><B>fba awesome_sfzch_recording.fr -w</B></P>
<P><B>fba vsav2 -a</B></P>
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<P>For front-ends, you can also do fba <B>-listinfo</B>, <B>-listinfomdonly</B>, <B>-listinfopceonly</B>, <B>-listinfotg16only</B>, <B>-listinfosgxonly</B>, <B>-listinfosg1000only</B>, <B>-listinfocolecoonly</B>, or <B>-listinfosmsonly</B>, <B>-listinfoggonly</B>, <B>-listinfomsxonly</B>, or <B>-listinfospectrumonly</B> which will output information about the supported games to
stdout, and the ROM files they need in the MAME XML format.</P>
<P>You can also do fba <B>-listextrainfo</B>. This will output the following data in a tab-delimited format to stdout; setname, visible size, aspect ratio, hardware code, hardware description, working status, max players, comments.</P>
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