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As well as starting your ScummVM games using the graphical launcher, you can also start them from the command line. The simplest way to run a game from the command line is to type, for example: | As well as starting your ScummVM games using the graphical launcher, you can also start them from the command line. The simplest way to run a game from the command line is to type, for example: | ||
<pre>scummvm samnmax</pre> | <pre>scummvm samnmax</pre> | ||
Note this command is dependent on your system. You may have to specify exactly where ScummVM is installed to, for example in Windows: | |||
<pre>c:\games\scummvm\scummvm.exe samnmax</pre> | |||
Or in Unix: | |||
<pre>/home/username/scummvm/scummvm samnmax</pre> | |||
The short game name you see at the end of the command line ("samnmax" in this case) specifies which game is started. It either corresponds to a user-defined target (i.e. one that has been added using the launcher: this is the case in the example above), or to a built-in gameid. A brief list of the latter can be found in the supported games section. | The short game name you see at the end of the command line ("samnmax" in this case) specifies which game is started. It either corresponds to a user-defined target (i.e. one that has been added using the launcher: this is the case in the example above), or to a built-in gameid. A brief list of the latter can be found in the supported games section. | ||