This game was released for Arcade, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, SNES

Release Date

Arcade - 1994

Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, SNES - 1996

Playable Characters

Arcade, Sega Saturn - 19 (Kitana, Reptile, Sonya, Jax, Nightwolf, Jade, Scorpion, Kano, Sub-Zero, Sektor, Sindel, Stryker, Cyrax, Kung Lao, Kabal, Sheeva, Shang Tsung, Liu Kang, Smoke)

Sega Genesis, SNES - 23 (Rain, Reptile, Stryker, Jax, Nightwolf, Jade, Noob Saibot, Sonya, Kano, Mileena, Sub-Zero, Klassic Sub-Zero, Kung Lao, Sektor, Kitana, Ermac, Scorpion, Cyrax, Kabal, Sindel, Smoke, Liu Kang, Shang Tsung)

Hidden Playable Character

Arcade, Sega Saturn - Mileena, Ermac, Classic Sub-Zero, Ninja Smoke

Sega Genesis, SNES - Ninja Smoke, Shao Kahn, Motaro

Bosses - Motaro and Shao Kahn

Kombat Zones

Arcade, Sega Saturn - Scorpion's Lair, Jade's Desert, River Kombat, Kahn's Kave, The Subway, The Street, The Rooftop, Bell Tower, The Bridge, Soul Chamber, Shao Kahn's Tower, Kombat Temple, The Graveyard, The Pit 3, The Lost World, Noob Saibot Dorfen

Sega Genesis - Scorpion's Lair, River Kombat, Kahn's Kave, Jade's Desert, The Pit 3, The Lost World, Kombat Temple, Soul Chamber, The Rooftop, The Bank, The Subway

SNES - The Lost World, Jade's Desert, Scorpion's Lair, Kahn's Kave, River Kombat, The Pit 3, The Rooftop

Finishing Move

Arcade, Sega Saturn - 2 Fatalities, Babality, Friendship and Animality

Sega Genesis and SNES - 2 Fatalities, Babality, Friendship and Brutality

For centuries Earth has used Mortal Kombat to defend itself against the Outworld's emperor Shao Kahn. But, Kahn becomes frustrated by failed attempts at taking Earth through tournament battle. He enacts a plan which began 10, 000 years ago. During this time Kahn had a queen. Her name was Sindel and her young death was unexpected. Kahn's shadow priests, lead by Shang Tsung, make it so Sindel's spirit would someday be reborn: not on the Outworld but on the Earth realm itself. This unholy act gives Shao Kahn the power to step through the dimensional gates and reclaim his queen. Thus enabling him to finally seize the Earth. Upon breaching the portal into Earth, Shao Kahn slowly transform the planet into a part of Outworld itself. Kahn strips the Earth of all human life claiming every soul as his own. But, there are souls which Kahn cannot take. These souls belong to the warriors chosen to represent Earth in a new Mortal Kombat. The remaining humans are scattered throughout the planet. Shao Kahn sends an army of fierce Outworld warriors to find and eliminate them. Some of Earth's warriors survive the attacks, most do not. But, the remaining few hold the one chance at saving all of human kind. After the first tournament Sonya Blade turned up missing. Jax then embarked on a rescue mission into the Outworld. He found Sonya being held captive with her nemesis Kano. In freeing Sonya, Jax also frees Kano. Kano then uses the chance to escape arrest. The ultimate advancement in Lin Kuei technology comes with the creation of the first cyber-assassin. They begin converting their human ninjas into soulless machines. But, Sub-Zero refuses to take part and is marked for death by his own clan. After wining the first Mortal Kombat and escaping from the Outworld, Liu Kang looks to the future. He begins training a new generation of Shaolin, alongside Kung Lao. But, nothing could prepare them for the unexpected Outworld invasion.

Shang Tsung is Shao Kahn's lead sorcerer. He once fell out of favor with his emperor after failing to win the Earth Realm through tournament battle. But the ever scheming Shang Tsung is instrumental in Kahn's conquest of Earth. He has now been granted more power than ever.

In this run I used Shang Tsung, because his Morph Ability...this give me a great variety of combos...

   * Aims for entertaining and fastest time
   * Takes Damage to save time
   * Play at hardest level
   * Abuses programming errors

Emulator used snes9xw-improvement7

   *  Use WIP1 Timing: ON
   * Allow Left+Right / Up+Down: OFF
   * Volume Envelope Height Reading: OFF
   * Fake Mute desync workaround: ON
   * Sync samples with sound CPU: OFF

To VANDAL, shallow and OgreSlayeR for giving me ideas, seeing the WIPs and encouragement...and a thanks to Truncated for showing me a good Shang Tsung Morphs combo video...

Enjoy the combos and glitches! See ya!

Truncated: Setting this to delayed as per MKT topic. If the MKT run is finished, this one will be cancelled in favor of that. If DarkFulgore decides to not finish it, this one will be judged independently.