| Option Category | # # CORE SOUND OPTIONS # |
| Description | This option turns on or off MAME's support for external sound samples. Samples are mainly used by systems that don't have full sound emulation yet. |
| Full Command | -samples |
| Alt. Command | none |
| Reverse Command | -nosamples |
| Example | mame64.exe zaxxon -nosamples |
| mame.ini Command | samples |
| Command Default | 1 |
| Argument Format | <boolean> |