At the "Press Start Button" screen, quickly press Up(2), Down(2), Left(2), Right(2). If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a laugh and the word "Outstanding" will be spoken. Then, enter the options screen and press L + R to display a cheat menu with the following options:
Enable the "Easy Endings" option on the cheat menu. Then to see a character's ending, start a game in arcade mode and defeat just one character.
Enable the "Fatal 1" option on the cheat menu. Then to finish your opponent, press High Punch. This will let any character perform their first fatality.
Enable the "Fatal 2" option on the cheat menu. Then to finish your opponent, press Low Punch. This will let any character perform their second fatality.
Enable the "Pit Fatal" 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.
Enable the "Danger" option on the cheat menu. Then, both characters health bars will be very low, enabling one-hit deaths.
Allows the following cheats to be activated:
-From: jkool@enter.net
Enable the "Cheat menu" code. Then at the character selection screen, highlight the "Hidden" icon at the bottom of the screen, hold L + R and press Up, Left, A. -From: jkool@enter.net
Enable the "Cheat menu" code. Then at the character selection screen, highlight the "Hidden" icon at the bottom of the screen, hold L + R and press Up(2), Left(3), A. -From: jkool@enter.net
Enable the "Cheat menu" code. Then at the character selection screen, highlight the "Hidden" icon at the bottom of the screen, hold L + R and press Up(4), Left(4), A. -From: jkool@enter.net
Enter the "Kombat Theater", then highlight a character and press L + R to view that fighter's biography. Highlight the opening sequence to display Goro's biography. Note: A character's ending does not have to be unlocked to view their biography. -From: jkool@enter.net
At the character selection screen, highlight a fighter, hold Start and press any button once to rotate their select screen picture and enable their second costume, except for Sonya and Tanya. The select screen pictures must be rotated three times for those characters. Rotate any other character’s picture two times to enable their third costume.
Select arcade mode and any fighter. Then choose a destiny, but do not press A. Press Start to rotate the tower and change the opponent order.
Enter one of the following codes at the versus mode screen to activate the corresponding cheat function. There are two three-digit icon boxes at the bottom of the screen. The first icon in each box is controlled with Low Punch, the second with Block, and the third with Low Kick.
| Result | Kode |
| One-hit death | 123 123 |
| Noob Saibot mode | 012 012 |
| Red Rain (On the Rain stage) | 020 020 |
| Explosive Kombat | 050 050 |
| No rain | 060 060 |
| Drawn weapons can not be lost | 002 002 |
| Disable throws | 100 100 |
| Disable max damage | 010 010 |
| Noob Saibot Mode | 012 012 |
| Disable throws and max damage | 110 110 |
| Random weapon appears | 111 111 |
| Start with random weapon | 222 222 |
| Start with weapons drawn | 444 444 |
| Many weapons | 555 555 |
| Silent Kombat | 666 666 |
| Big heads | 321 321 |
| Fight in Goro's Lair (Spike Pit) | 011 011 |
| Fight in The Well (Scorpion's stage) | 022 022 |
| Fight in Elder Gods (Blue Face) stage | 033 033 |
| Fight in The Tomb stage | 044 044 |
| Fight in Wind World stage | 055 055 |
| Fight in Reptile's Lair | 066 066 |
| Fight in Shaolin Temple | 101 101 |
| Fight in Living Forest | 202 202 |
| Fight in The Prison (Fan stage) | 303 303 |
| Fight in Ice Pit | 313 313 |
| Fight in The Church | 323 323 |
| Fight in The Netherrealm | 343 343 |
| Fight in The Soul Chamber | 353 353 |
| Fight in Ladder stage | 363 363 |