Cheat menu
Go to the options screen and highlight the "Continues" selection. Then, hold Block + Run until the word "Outstanding" is spoken and the cheat menu appears. Now the following cheat options will be available.
Note: Only one of the following cheat options can be used at a time.

• Endings
  Enable the "Endings" option on the cheat menu. Then to see a character's ending, start a game in arcade mode and defeat just one character.

• Fatalities 1
  Enable the "Fatalities 1" option on the cheat menu. Then to finish your opponent, hold Down and press High Punch. This will let any character perform their first fatality.

• Fatalities 2
  Enable the "Fatalities 2" option on the cheat menu. Then to finish your opponent, hold Down and press High Punch. This will let any character perform their second fatality.

• Level Fatalities
  Enable the "Level Fatalities" option on the cheat menu. Then to finish your opponent, hold Down and press High Punch. This will let any character perform their level fatality.

Play as Meat
Enter "Group Mode" and beat the game with all sixteen characters. Then, after this has been accomplished, select any character and begin a match. Now your character will play as Meat with all the moves of the character that was selected.

Play as Goro
Select the Hidden icon at the bottom of the select screen. Now move up 3, over 1 (to Shinnok's icon) and press Run + Block.

Play as Noob Saibot
Select the Hidden icon at the bottom of the select screen. Now move up 2, over 1 (to Reiko's icon) and press Run + Block.

New weapon
Beat the game with Kai. Then, start a new game with Kai and his weapon will be Raiden's lighting staff.

Alternate costumes
Go to the character selection screen and highlight a character. Then, hold Block and press any button to rotate their picture. You must rotate a character’s picture twice to enable their second costume, except for Sonya and Tanya. Their pictures must be rotated three times. Rotate any other character’s picture three times to enable their third costume.

Alternate weapons
Go to the character selection screen, highlight a character, and change their costume twice (Block + any button 3 times). Now that character will have their alternative weapon.

Kombat Kodes
Enter the following codes at the two-player vs. screen (when you see the character drawings facing each other). You will see two three-digit number displays at the bottom. The first three correspond to controller one, the second to controller two. The numbers stands for the number of times you have to press Low Punch, the second for Block, and the third for Low Kick.

Kode	What It Does
001 001	Unlimited Run
002 002	Weapon Kombat
010 010	Disable Maximum Damage
012 012	Noob Saibot
020 020	Red Rain
050 050	Explosive Kombat
100 100	Throwing Disabled
110 110	Maximum Damage and Throwing Disabled
111 111	Free Weapon
123 123	No Power
222 222	Random Weapons
321 321	Big Head Mode
333 333	Randper Kombat
444 444	Armed and Dangerous
555 555	Many Weapons
666 666	Silent Kombat

Stage Select Kodes:

Kode	What It Does
011 011	Goro's Dungeon
022 022	Scorpion's Stage
033 033	Elder God Stage
044 044	Tomb Stage
055 055	Rain Stage
066 066	Reptiles Stage
101 101	Temple
202 202	Living Forest
303 303	Prison Stage
313 313	Snow Stage