ENGLISH COMMAND.DAT FOR MAME

http://home.comcast.net/~plotor/command.html

Introduction:

The command.dat is a file that allows you to view, among other things, the 
individual command lists for your favorite fighting game characters. Say you're
playing Street Fighter II and you don't know how to do Ryu's dragon punch move. 
Or say you have a friend over who has always wanted to try playing as Terry 
Bogard in King of Fighters 2000, but doesn't know the moves. With the 
command.dat, you can have an in game instruction manual to essentially every 
game that MAME supports.

The command.dat doesn't appear out of no where, it is contributed to, and 
compiled by, MAME fans all over the world. New contributions are ALWAYS 
welcome, so if you would like to contribute to the project, please consider
adding a new game to the file. It's easy to learn how to add a game, simply 
look at the file in any text browser (like Notepad or Word) and study how 
previous games have been done. Please test your work in MAME and make sure 
that it looks the way you want it to, and email your contributions to 
plotor@ix.netcom.com.

Instructions:

The command.dat is not supported by the official build of MAME.  It is 
supported by derivative or unofficial builds that add to the basic (and 
already fantastic) functionality that MAME provides.  Two such builds are MAME 
32 Plus and MAME 32 FX.  Download one or the other and install them in your 
MAME folder (they can live side by side with the official build).  Now download
the command.dat archive.  You need to unzip it to the proper directory.  If you
are using MAME 32 FX, then put the command.dat in the same directory as your 
MAME 32 FX executable.  However, if you are using MAME 32 Plus, and your MAME 
directory is C:\MAME, then you would unzip the file to the C:\MAME\lang\en_US
directory.

Once you have installed the command.dat to the correct directory, you are ready
to view it. Start a game you would like to see the commands for in MAME. To 
access the moves list, press TAB, choose "Game Documents", and then choose 
"Show Command List". From there, you can select which ever character you would
like to know about. You can also map the Show Command List to a single button 
press by assigning a button to "Show Command" under "Input (general)."

For a list of games currently supported by the command.dat, please view the
command.txt file.
