Mortal Kombat (SNES)

To do: Revision differences. USA has Rev 0 and Rev 1. Europe has Rev 0, Rev 1 and Rev 2. The Rev 1 cart also contains an earlier version of Rev 1 you can't normally access, by bypassing the patch (EXT) ROM on the PCB (SHA256 of that: 8d043d680d621b198547490e25ffad4c0ce218a352a217be1ae6724fbc324ede)

Whereas the original arcade version was controversial due to all the blood and Fatalities, the SNES Mortal Kombat was controversial due to censoring said items per Nintendo of America's content policies. This gave a huge edge to Sega, whose Genesis had a version that didn't censor at all and even had a blood toggle.

To do: Unused music that was used in the arcade version.

Duplicate Courtyard#

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Pro Action Replay (PAR) code 8084CBA9 8084CC07 allows you to access a buggy duplicate version of the Courtyard arena after one fight (as it follows the pattern of the Game Genie codes where you always fight in a particular stage after the first fight).

The game calls it "Throne Room" on the Vs. screen and plays Goro's theme on the stage as its BGM. It plays fine for a normal fight, but trying to perform a Fatality on this stage slows the game down immensely, then freezes for some bizarre reason.

It is also worth noting that this stage plays an otherwise-unused "pinch" variant of Goro's theme when the player is being told to "Finish Him/Her!".

Leftover Build Text#

Some leftover build text, most likely related to the sound driver, starts at 0x0093C5 in the ROM.

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Alternate Fatality#

To do: See if button combination and programming actually exists. Also, better video.

Watch on YouTubePro Action Replay (PAR) code 80D16AD1 enables an alternate super uppercut Fatality for Johnny Cage. To perform it, press back while close to your opponent. This seems to be in line with his censored fatality in the Genesis version, but was cut in favor of putting his foot through the opponent's chest.

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