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Downloadable Mortal Kombat Cheats
Primary Collection of Cheats
Fight as Goro
Successfully complete the game. When "The End" message appears, quickly hold [Up/Left] + [Select] + [A] until the title screen appears. Press [Start] to began a new game.
Fight as Reptile
Select any character and defeat Shang Tsung. When he releases all the fighters souls, hold [L] + [R] when Sub-Zero appears. Keep holding [L] + [R] until the title screen appears. Start a new game. At the fighter selection screen, Reptile's face will be at the top middle of the fighter selection screen.
Fight against Reptile
Play the game until reaching the Pit. Achieve a double Flawless victory without blocks and perform a fatality to end the match.
Alternate introduction sequence
Hold [L] + [R] before the Acclaim logo appears. Continue holding the buttons until it disappears..
Successfully complete the game. When "The End" message appears, quickly hold [Up/Left] + [Select] + [A] until the title screen appears. Press [Start] to began a new game.
Fight as Reptile
Select any character and defeat Shang Tsung. When he releases all the fighters souls, hold [L] + [R] when Sub-Zero appears. Keep holding [L] + [R] until the title screen appears. Start a new game. At the fighter selection screen, Reptile's face will be at the top middle of the fighter selection screen.
Fight against Reptile
Play the game until reaching the Pit. Achieve a double Flawless victory without blocks and perform a fatality to end the match.
Alternate introduction sequence
Hold [L] + [R] before the Acclaim logo appears. Continue holding the buttons until it disappears..
Hints
Move players off the screen
Start a two player tournament battle with any of the fighters. Fight until one of the characters is one throw away from defeat. Allow the time run down until one second is remaining. Finish off the fighter with a throw (stand next to the opponent and press [B]). In the next round, either character may be moved off the edge of the screen.
Motionless opponent
Start a one player match with any fighter (Cage or Liu Kang work the best). Repeatedly jump over your opponent and kick without hitting him. Continue doing this until the CPU blocks. Then, jump back over your opponent once more time, without kicking. After landing, wait and do not press any buttons. The CPU opponent will remain motionless until hit.
Leave opponent standing
Use Sub-Zero to defeat an opponent in the first round. During the second round, run your opponent's power meter all the way down without the "Finish Him" appearing on the screen. Use the Freeze move to ice the opponent until "Finish Him" flashes. Then, execute the finishing move. Sub-Zero will shatter the ice but leave the opponent standing.
Easy special
This trick allows you to perform any special move that ends with pushing an attack button by pressing only that button at the beginning of the second or third round. Finish your opponent in round one (or two) by using a special move. When the next round begins you can continue to use that same special move by only pressing the final attack button as long as you do not press any other buttons or move the fighter using the D-pad. For example, use Liu Kang's fireball to defeat the opponent in round one. At the beginning of round two, you can repeatedly throw fireballs by pressing only [HP].
Johnny Cage: Fatality
Stand next to your opponent and press [Forward], [Forward], Forward, [Y]. Johnny will kick through the opponent.
Johnny Cage: Special move
Wait until "Finish Him" appears. Stand close to your opponent, then press [L] + [R] + [B] at the same time to get a surprise. Note: Make sure the opponent is not Sonya.
Kano: Fatality
Stand next to your opponent and press [Back], [Down], [Forward], [B]. Kano will rip out his opponent's heart.
Liu Kang
Stand anywhere and hold [Block], then rotate the D-Pad in a full circle towards your opponent. Liu will do an uppercut.
Raiden: Fatality
Stand next to your opponent and press [Forward], [Forward], [Back], [Back], [Back], [Y]. Raiden will electrocute the opponent.
Scorpion: Fatality
Stand about three characters spaces away and hold [Block], then press [Up], [Up]. He will then burn his opponent.
Scorpion: Easy victory
Select Scorpion and keep repeating his "Harpoon" move.
Sub-Zero: Fatality
Stand four character spaces apart and press [Forward], [Down], [Forward], [Y]. Sub-Zero will freeze the opponent and break him to pieces.
Keep punching after victory
When "Finish Him" appears, punch your victim down. When he or she goes down, keep pressing [B]. Your character will still be punching.
Glitches
Two players are required for this trick to work. First, choose any two characters. Then, start a match against one another. Each character, first one player then the other, should perform a flying jump kick ([Up/Toward] + [Kick]). After performing one of these each, back away and let the time run out. It should be counted a draw. In the next match, do the same thing, letting the time run out. In the third and final match, one character must get a flawless victory. At the end of this round, regardless of the fact that no one has a win, the game will prompt for a "Finish Him". Do your fatality or whatever. Then, whoever lost the match when prompted to continue, should press [Start]. The match will restart with the same characters, but the screen will be dark as if going for a fatality.
Start a two player tournament battle with any of the fighters. Fight until one of the characters is one throw away from defeat. Allow the time run down until one second is remaining. Finish off the fighter with a throw (stand next to the opponent and press [B]). In the next round, either character may be moved off the edge of the screen.
Motionless opponent
Start a one player match with any fighter (Cage or Liu Kang work the best). Repeatedly jump over your opponent and kick without hitting him. Continue doing this until the CPU blocks. Then, jump back over your opponent once more time, without kicking. After landing, wait and do not press any buttons. The CPU opponent will remain motionless until hit.
Leave opponent standing
Use Sub-Zero to defeat an opponent in the first round. During the second round, run your opponent's power meter all the way down without the "Finish Him" appearing on the screen. Use the Freeze move to ice the opponent until "Finish Him" flashes. Then, execute the finishing move. Sub-Zero will shatter the ice but leave the opponent standing.
Easy special
This trick allows you to perform any special move that ends with pushing an attack button by pressing only that button at the beginning of the second or third round. Finish your opponent in round one (or two) by using a special move. When the next round begins you can continue to use that same special move by only pressing the final attack button as long as you do not press any other buttons or move the fighter using the D-pad. For example, use Liu Kang's fireball to defeat the opponent in round one. At the beginning of round two, you can repeatedly throw fireballs by pressing only [HP].
Johnny Cage: Fatality
Stand next to your opponent and press [Forward], [Forward], Forward, [Y]. Johnny will kick through the opponent.
Johnny Cage: Special move
Wait until "Finish Him" appears. Stand close to your opponent, then press [L] + [R] + [B] at the same time to get a surprise. Note: Make sure the opponent is not Sonya.
Kano: Fatality
Stand next to your opponent and press [Back], [Down], [Forward], [B]. Kano will rip out his opponent's heart.
Liu Kang
Stand anywhere and hold [Block], then rotate the D-Pad in a full circle towards your opponent. Liu will do an uppercut.
Raiden: Fatality
Stand next to your opponent and press [Forward], [Forward], [Back], [Back], [Back], [Y]. Raiden will electrocute the opponent.
Scorpion: Fatality
Stand about three characters spaces away and hold [Block], then press [Up], [Up]. He will then burn his opponent.
Scorpion: Easy victory
Select Scorpion and keep repeating his "Harpoon" move.
Sub-Zero: Fatality
Stand four character spaces apart and press [Forward], [Down], [Forward], [Y]. Sub-Zero will freeze the opponent and break him to pieces.
Keep punching after victory
When "Finish Him" appears, punch your victim down. When he or she goes down, keep pressing [B]. Your character will still be punching.
Glitches
Sindel does not pick you up when she throws you:Glitch: Night fighting
When Shang Tsung does his animality, your face appears in his mouth.
When Sub-Zero does the fatality where he picks you up, freezes you and breaks you apart, he puts his hands up. You will appear in his hands and the bones appear before he breaks it.
When Kung Lao throws his hat he still has his hat on.
When you do Babality on someone with their second costume, it turns them into a baby with their first costume. For example, Lui Kang's orange pants turn red.
When Sindel does her fatality where she wraps her hair around you and spins you around, all she does is wrap her hair around you and some invisible scissors cut her hair. There is hair on Sindel and hair wrapped around the other person.
Two players are required for this trick to work. First, choose any two characters. Then, start a match against one another. Each character, first one player then the other, should perform a flying jump kick ([Up/Toward] + [Kick]). After performing one of these each, back away and let the time run out. It should be counted a draw. In the next match, do the same thing, letting the time run out. In the third and final match, one character must get a flawless victory. At the end of this round, regardless of the fact that no one has a win, the game will prompt for a "Finish Him". Do your fatality or whatever. Then, whoever lost the match when prompted to continue, should press [Start]. The match will restart with the same characters, but the screen will be dark as if going for a fatality.