Mortal Kombat II, called Mortal Kombat II: Kyuukyoku Shinken (モータルコンバットII 究極神拳) in Japan, is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Mortal Kombat. It was originally released in 1993 as an arcade game before being ported to numerous platforms. It is considered by many to be the best fighter of the series. It sports a cast of twelve characters with numerous special moves including new finishers and new kinds of finishers.
It is the last game of the series to be officially released in Japan for a Sega console. Mortal Kombat 3, which was the final Mortal Kombat game to be released in Japan, was only released in that region for the PlayStation.
Following his failure to defeat Liu Kang in the previous Mortal Kombat tournament, the evil Shang Tsung begs his master Shao Kahn, supreme ruler of Outworld and the surrounding kingdoms, to spare his life. He tells Shao Kahn that if they hold the next Mortal Kombat Tournament in Outworld, the Earthrealm warriors must travel away from home to attend.
Kahn agrees to this plan and restores Shang Tsung's youth and martial arts prowess. He then extends the invitation to the thunder god and Earthrealm's protector, Rayden, who gathers his warriors and takes them into Outworld.
Gameplay
Choose Your Fighter
The game plays almost identically to Mortal Kombat, with numerous improvements. There are several changes in standard moves: a crouching punch was added, low and high kicks have greater differentiation, roundhouse kicks are made more powerful (now knocking opponents across the screen, like the uppercut), and it is easier to perform combos due to reduced recovery times for attacks. Returning characters also gained new special moves, including some to be used in midair, and the game plays almost twice as fast as the original. The game is completely uncensored from the start, so no code is needed to uncensor the game.
As with its predecessor, matches are divided into rounds, and the first player to win two rounds by fully depleting their opponent's life bar is the winner; at this point, the losing character becomes dazed and the winner has a short amount of time to perform a finishing move. All characters share the same basic attacks, such as uppercuts, foot sweeps, and throws, although these moves vary in speed and power from character and character. When using a three-button controller, not all of these moves are available. Characters are differentiated by several special moves that can be performed by entering certain button combinations.
The single-player game consists of a series of fights against the other playable characters of the game, before moving onto one of two secret characters if certain conditions are met. From there, the player battles the shapeshifting sorcerer Shang Tsung and the monstrous Kintaro before fighting the game's final boss, Shao Kahn. There are five difficulty settings for computer-controlled opponents (Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, and Very Hard), and players can change the number of starting credits in the options. A second player can challenge the first by pressing START during gameplay, with the winner continuing in the tournament. The game lacks the "Test Your Might" bonus games and point system from the first game, in favor of a consecutive win tally where wins are represented by icons.
Characters move with and and crouch with . They jump with and flip back and forth with and . All characters have punches and kicks that can either be aimed high or low. Characters perform a low punch with , a high punch with , a low kick with , and a high kick with . They block by holding or . Blocking can be done while standing or crouching. Some attacks cannot be blocked while standing (such as sweeps). All attacks do a small amount of damage even when blocked.
When using a standard three-button control pad on the Mega Drive and 32X versions, characters perform a low punch with , a high punch with + or +, a low kick with , and a high kick with , and START blocks. Support for the Six Button Control Pad must be manually enabled in the options. The control type is set to "Activator" by default, which is equivalent to a three-button control pad.
Fatalities are performed as in the original game, and each character now has two of each, in addition to three stage-specific Fatalities. Non-lethal finishing moves have also been added: Babalities (which transforms the loser into an infant) and Friendships (a non-malicious interaction, such as dancing or giving a gift to the defeated opponent). These were put into the original arcade version of the game to poke fun at those who felt the original Mortal Kombat was too violent.
Characters
Note: Move lists assume that the character is facing right. When facing left, and should be reversed.
P
Any punch button
LP
Low punch
HP
High punch
K
Any kick button
LK
Low kick
HK
High kick
BL
Block
All characters can perform roundhouse kicks with + HK (which knock the opponent across the screen), leg sweeps with + LK (which cause the opponent to fall down), and uppercuts with + HP (which knock the opponent high into the air). Throws are performed by pressing LP when next to the opponent.
When using a standard three-button control pad on the Mega Drive and 32X versions, for moves requiring LP , hold the direction and LP simultaneously. For moves requiring HP , release the direction before pressing LP . Special moves requiring LP + HP can be done with just LP . Uppercuts are performed with + LP .
Fatalities often require being a certain distance from the opponent in order to execute. All finishing moves can be performed while holding the BL button, which is sometimes useful to avoid accidentally moving or hitting the opponent before the button combination is fully pressed. Friendships and Babalities can only be performed if the player does not use either punch button during the final round.
Each character has a special button combination for performing the stage-specific Fatalities on the Kombat Tomb and the Pit II stages. There is a third stage-specific Fatality for the Dead Pool stage, but it is done with the same button combination for all characters: hold LP + LK while performing an uppercut.
The Saturn version of the game has an option to change the ninja slide ability, shared by Reptile and Sub-Zero, from + BL + LP + LK (same as the arcade version) to + LK + HK (same as the Mega Drive and 32X versions).
Playable
Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Reptile, Rayden, and Shang Tsung return from the original game (with Reptile and Shang Tsung now playable). Sonya and Kano are the only playable characters from the first game who do not return as playable characters, appearing only in the background of the Kahn's Arena stage, chained and on display as his prisoners.
Kung Lao, Jax, Kitana, Mileena, and Baraka make their debuts.
Liu Kang
A Shaolin monk. He is canonically the victor of the Shaolin Tournament in the first Mortal Kombat game. He returns to his temples to find them in ruins and his Shaolin brothers slain by Shang Tsung's Outworld invaders. He travels to Outworld to seek vengeance.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
High Fireball
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Liu Kang shoots a fireball while standing. This move can be done in midair.
Low Fireball
LP
Liu Kang shoots a fireball while crouching.
Flying Kick
HK
Liu Kang launches himself across the screen in a kicking pose.
Bicycle Kick
Hold LK for 5 seconds and release
Liu Kang flies across the screen while kicking multiple times, resembling pedaling a bicycle.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
HK (close)
Liu Kang transforms into a dragon and bites his opponent in half at the torso.
Fatality 2
HOLD BL D-Pad in a 360° rotation counterclockwise (half screen away or closer)
Liu Kang does a cartwheel and then uppercuts his opponent.
Stage Fatality
LK (close)
Friendship
LK
Liu Kang dances under a mirror ball.
Babality
LK
Kung Lao
A former Shaolin monk and member of the White Lotus Society who is close friends with Liu Kang. He is descended from another Kung Lao, who was defeated by Goro 500 years prior. He seeks to avenge his ancestor and the destruction of the Shaolin temple.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Hat Throw
LP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Kung Lao throws his hat like a discus.
Bullet Kick
+ HK before the apex of a jump
Kung Lao drops diagonally in a kick.
Whirlwind Spin
LK (press LK to keep spinning)
Kung Lao spins in place, doing damage at his sides.
Teleport
Kung Lao disappears into the air and reappears behind his opponent.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
LK (sweep distance)
Kung Lao slices his opponent in half with his hat.
Fatality 2
HOLD LP (full screen away)
Kung Lao throws his hat at his opponent. The player can control the hat as it is flying with and . In the Mega Drive and 32X versions, the hat decapitates the opponent unless directed elsewhere. This move cannot be performed using a three-button control pad. In the Saturn version, the player must aim the hat at the opponent's head for the decapitation.
Stage Fatality
HP (close) + LP (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Friendship
HK
Kung Lao pulls a rabbit from his hat.
Babality
HK
Johnny Cage
A Hollywood actor who disappears from the set of his latest film to follow his ally Liu Kang to the otherworldly dimension of Outworld and protect Earthrealm from Shao Kahn.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
High Green Flame
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Johnny Cage throws a fireball in a high arc.
Low Green Flame
LP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Johnny Cage throws a fireball in a low arc.
Shadow Kick
LK
Johnny Cage slides forward while kicking.
Shadow Uppercut
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Johnny Cage flies diagonally into the air with his elbow out.
Low Blow
BL + LP LK + HK (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Johnny Cage does the splits and punches his opponent in the crotch.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
LP (close) + LP (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Johnny Cage tears his opponent's torso off and throws it on the ground.
Fatality 2
(close)
Johnny Cage does an uppercut that decapitates his opponent. Holding down + BL + LP + LK before Cage performs the move knocks off three reappearing heads. In the Mega Drive and 32X versions, the extra decapitations cannot be performed using a three-button control pad.
Stage Fatality
HK (close)
Friendship
HK
Johnny Cage signs an autograph on a picture of himself for his opponent.
Babality
HK
Reptile
Shang Tsung's personal bodyguard. He appears in the form of a human ninja, but he is believed to be a horrific reptilian creature in disguise.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Acid Spit
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Reptile takes his mask off and spits a gob of acid.
Reptile conjures a force ball that moves across the screen and knocks the opponent down.
Invisibility
HOLD BL HP
Reptile makes himself invisible until he is attacked.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
LP (half screen away)
Reptile removes his mask, revealing his reptilian head, and uses his tongue to remove and eat his opponent's head.
Fatality 2
HK (close, while invisible)
Reptile cuts his opponent in half at the torso.
Stage Fatality
BL (close)
Friendship
LK
Reptile advertises a Reptile doll.
Babality
LK
Sub-Zero
A male ninja who possesses cryokinesis, thought to be a member of the secretive Lin Kuei clan. Though apparently killed in the first tournament, he mysteriously returns, traveling into Outworld to again attempt to assassinate Shang Tsung.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Deep Freeze
LP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Sub-Zero shoots a burst of ice across the screen, freezing his opponent on contact. Hitting an already frozen opponent "backfires" and freezes Sub-Zero while unfreezing his opponent.
Ground Freeze
LK
Sub-Zero shoots ice at the ground in front of him, which causes his opponent to slip uncontrollably if walked on.
HK (sweep distance), then HP (close) HK (sweep distance), then + LP (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Sub-Zero shoots a flurry of ice, deep freezing his opponent, then uppercuts the resulting ice statue, shattering the upper part of the opponent's body.
Fatality 2
HOLD LP (full screen away) HOLD LK (full screen away) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Sub-Zero throws an ice ball that causes his opponent to explode.
Stage Fatality
BL (close)
Friendship
HK
Sub-Zero advertises a Sub-Zero doll.
Babality
HK
Shang Tsung
A shapeshifting sorcerer. After his defeat in the first game, he convinced Shao Kahn to spare his life. He has a new plan to appease his master, who, in turn, restores Tsung's youth. Although playable in this installment, he also serves as a sub-boss of the game, always appearing before Kintaro in the single-player mode.
As in the first game, Shang Tsung is able to morph into any of the playable characters, retaining their moves. The Saturn version of the game has an option to allow Shang Tsung to morph into any character (which usually requires pausing gameplay to load the character from the disc), to morph only into his opponent (which has no load time), or to disable morphs entirely.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Flaming Skull
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Shang Tsung shoots a flaming skull from his hands.
Two Flaming Skulls
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Shang Tsung shoots two successive flaming skulls from his hands.
Three Flaming Skulls
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Shang Tsung shoots three successive flaming skulls from his hands.
Move list (Morphs)
Name
Command
Description
Baraka
LK
Jax
HK
Johnny Cage
LP
Kitana
BL BL BL
Kung Lao
HK
Liu Kang
BL
Mileena
Hold HP for 2 seconds and release Hold LK for 2 seconds and release (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Rayden
LK
Reptile
HOLD BL HP
Scorpion
HOLD BL
Sub-Zero
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
HOLD BL LK (close)
Shang Tsung steals his opponent's soul.
Fatality 2
Hold HK for 2 seconds and release (sweep distance)
Shang Tsung is sucked into his opponent's mouth and explodes his opponent from the inside.
Fatality 3
Hold LP for 30 seconds during the match Hold LK for 30 seconds during the match (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Shang Tsung morphs into Kintaro and splits his opponent in half at the torso with a punch.
Stage Fatality
HOLD BL (close)
Friendship
LK
Shang Tsung makes a rainbow.
Babality
LK
Kitana
A female ninja who works as a personal assassin in the service of Shao Kahn. She has been suspected of secretly aiding the Earthrealm warriors. She is armed with a pair of steel fans.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Fan Throw
LP + HP LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Kitana throws a spinning fan like a sawblade. This move can be done in midair.
Fan Swipe
+ HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Kitana swipes a fan in front of her.
Fan Lift
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Kitana spins her fan at the air, generating waves that can catch and lift opponents.
Square Wave Punch
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Kitana jumps into the air and shoots across the screen with her fist extended.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
BL BL BL HK (close)
Kitana decapitates her opponent with a fan.
Fatality 2
HOLD LK (close)
Kitana gives her opponent a "kiss of death," causing the opponent to bloat and explode.
Stage Fatality
HK (close)
Friendship
HOLD BL LK
Kitana bakes a cake.
Babality
LK
Jax
A US Special Forces officer who enters the tournament to retrieve his partner Sonya Blade and the wanted criminal Kano from Outworld.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Sonic Wave
HK
Jax throws an energy wave across the screen.
Ground Pound
Hold LK for 3 seconds and release
Jax punches the ground, causing an opponent on the ground to lose balance.
Gotcha Grab
LP (close)
Jax grabs his opponent by the throat and punches twice. Keep tapping LP for up to three more hits.
Back Breaker
BL in midair (close)
Jax grabs his opponent in midair, drops to the ground, and snaps the opponent's back on his shoulder.
Body Slam
HP during throw
Jax slams his opponent against the ground. This move can be done multiple times by pressing HP repeatedly.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
BL BL BL BL LP (closer than sweep distance)
Jax rips his opponent's arms off.
Fatality 2
HOLD LP HOLD HK (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Jax smashes his opponent's skull by clapping his hands.
Stage Fatality
LK (close)
Friendship
LK
Jax cuts a pattern of people into folded paper.
Babality
LK
Mileena
Twin sister to Kitana who also serves as an assassin for Kahn. Her mission during the tournament is to ensure the loyalty of her sister, but she also has plans of her own. She is armed with a pair of sai.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Sai Throw
Hold HP for 2 seconds and release Hold LK for 2 seconds and release (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Mileena throws a pair of sai across the screen. This move can be done in midair.
Teleport Kick
LK HK (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Mileena disappears, then drops from the air in front of her opponent while kicking.
Roll Attack
HK
Mileena rolls quickly along the ground, knocking over her opponent on impact.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
LP (close) + LP (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Mileena stabs her opponent repeatedly with her sai.
Fatality 2
Hold HK for 3 seconds and release (close)
Mileena swallows her opponent then spits out a pile of bones.
Stage Fatality
LK (close)
Friendship
HOLD BL HK
Mileena plants a flower.
Babality
HK
Baraka
A warlord belonging to a race of nomadic mutants living in the wastelands of Outworld. He is responsible for the assault on the Shaolin Monastery on the orders of Shao Kahn.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Blade Spark
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Baraka shoots a blade across the screen.
Blade Swipe
+ HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Baraka swipes a blade in front of him.
Blade Fury
LP
Baraka kneels and repeatedly waves his blades in the air, dicing opponents caught in them.
Double Kick
HK HK (close)
Baraka does a kick that hits his opponent twice.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
HP (close) + LP (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Baraka decapitates his opponent with a blade.
Fatality 2
LP (close) + LP (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Baraka raises his opponent into the air with his blades, with gravity impaling the opponent.
Stage Fatality
HK (close)
Friendship
HK
Baraka offers his opponent a wrapped present.
Babality
HK
Scorpion
A hellspawned spectre who returns to the tournament to once again assassinate Sub-Zero to avenge the death of his family at the hands of the Lin Kuei clan.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Spear
LP
Scorpion throws a spear across the screen, then uses it to pull his opponent toward him. The opponent is momentarily stunned.
Decoy Punch
HP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Scorpion teleports to the other side of the screen, flying in with a punch. This move can be done in midair.
Scissor Takedown
LK
Scorpion grabs his opponent with his legs and takes them down to the ground.
Air Throw
BL in midair (close)
Scorpion grabs and throws his opponent in midair.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
HOLD BL HP (half screen away) HOLD BL LP (sweep distance) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Scorpion removes his mask, revealing a demonic skull, and incinerates his opponent with his fire breath.
Fatality 2
HOLD BL HP (anywhere) HOLD BL LP (anywhere) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Scorpion removes his mask, revealing a demonic skull, and incinerates his opponent with his fire breath. Toasty!
Fatality 3
Hold HP for 3 seconds and release (Mega Drive/32X) Hold HK for 3 seconds and release (Mega Drive/32X 3-button) HOLD HP (Saturn)
Scorpion uses his spear to cut off his opponent at the head and torso.
Stage Fatality
BL (close)
Friendship
HK
Scorpion advertises a Scorpion doll.
Babality
HK
Rayden
A mystical thunder god who returns gathers the remaining warriors from the Shaolin Torunament to Outworld in order to stop Kahn's evil plans of taking Earthrealm for his own.
Move list
Name
Command
Description
Lightning
LP + LP (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Rayden shoots a bolt of lightning across the screen.
Flying Thunderbolt
Rayden flies across the screen, grabbing and slamming his opponent against the wall. This move can be done in midair.
Teleport
Rayden teleports to the other side of his opponent.
Shock (Multiplayer only)
Hold HP for 3 seconds and release (close) Hold HK for 3 seconds and release (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Rayden grabs and shocks his opponent. This move can only be done in two-player matches.
Move list (Finishing moves)
Name
Command
Description
Fatality 1
Hold LK for 3 seconds, then release and tap BL + LK (close)
Rayden grabs and electrocutes his opponent.
Fatality 2
Hold HP for 8 seconds and release (close) Hold HK for 8 seconds and release (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Rayden uppercuts his opponent, who explodes.
Stage Fatality
HOLD BL HP (close) HOLD BL LP (close) (Mega Drive/32X 3-button)
Friendship
HK
Rayden conjures a diminutive clone of himself.
Babality
HOLD BL HK
Bosses
Finishing moves cannot be performed by or against the boss or secret characters.
Kintaro
Shao Kahn's four-armed bodyguard, sent by his race to avenge Goro's defeat. He is the game's penultimate boss.
Shao Kahn
The evil Emperor of Outworld, who wishes to conquer Earthrealm by any means. He is the host of the tournament and the game's final boss.
A male ninja clad in grey who constantly emits smoke. He moves very quickly and has Scorpion's spear. Smoke is fought by pressing + START when Dan Forden pops up in the bottom-right corner of the screen and shouts "Toasty!" in the Portal stage.
Jade
A female ninja clad in green. She is immune to projectiles (which pass harmlessly through her) and uses Kitana's steel fans. Jade is fought by defeating the opponent before the "?" with only the LK button.
Noob Saibot
A dark, silhouetted ninja. He uses Scorpion's spear. Noob Saibot is fought by winning 25 two-player matches in a row.
The stages are played in order (and loop around after the last one), with the exception of the Kahn's Arena stage, which is solely used for the boss fights with Kintaro and Shao Kahn. The Dead Pool, Kombat Tomb, and Pit II stages have stage-specific Fatalities.
The hidden characters are fought in a blue version of the Portal stage in the Mega Drive and 32X versions and in Goro's Lair (returning from the original Mortal Kombat) in the Saturn version (and the original arcade version).
The Dead Pool
Kombat Tomb
Wasteland
The Tower
Living Forest
The Armory
The Pit II
The Portal
Kahn's Arena
History
Release
Like the first game, Mortal Kombat II was banned in Germany. Only the Game Boy version was available in the country until the game was unbanned in 2005.
Versions
Mega Drive version
The Mega Drive version was developed by Probe Entertainment. Differences from the arcade version include a limited color palette, reduced voice samples, and original game music. Gameplay speed is slightly increased. In the place of Goro's Lair is a slightly modified Portal stage, which replaces the reds and oranges with blue. The game endings have also been reduced to text which scrolls across the screen as the winning player poses in Shao Kahns Arena. There are some Easter eggs that are exclusive to this version such as the "Oooh Nasty" debug option which replaces the Dan Forden "Toasty" image with a kids drawing and gives Rayden a "Fergality" special move.
32X version
Mortal Kombat II (known as Mortal Kombat II: Kyuukyoku Shinken in Japan) was ported to the 32X by Probe Entertainment, the same company behind the Mega Drive version of the game. The original port was first released in the United States on December 4, 1994 in time for the Christmas season. A revision fixing minor programming issues and bugs that were most likely not addressed due to the Christmas deadline was released in January 1995. The game was released in Europe and Japan in 1995.
This port is built off of the Mega Drive version, and much of the game still relies on the Mega Drive hardware, with most of the backgrounds and menu graphics being rendered by the 16-bit hardware. The 32X side is used to give character sprites more colours and render more advanced shadows, which in turn frees up some more palette entries for the backgrounds on the Mega Drive side.
The 32X version enhances the sound effects to bring them more in-line with the arcade version, and adds many voice clips that were missing in its Mega Drive counterpart, namely Shao Kahn's announcing of the rounds and various screaming noises. Due to the game's tight release schedule, however, it retains the Mega Drive version's soundtrack.
The port received many lukewarm reviews due to its inferior soundtrack, but is preferred by some over the Super NES version for its tight controls.
Saturn version
Sprite quality comparison for Shang Tsung morphs on and off
This port is essentially a conversion of the Probe Entertainment-developed DOS port (which was reprogrammed in C). A later PlayStation version was released only in Japan (it is thought it went unreleased in Western territories because of a possible conflict with the Sony-published PlayStation version of Mortal Kombat 3). Based on the Sega Saturn version, the PlayStation port includes an option to enable Shao Kahn's dialogue (such as his announcing of the rounds), and several voice samples like Kitana's death screams have been restored. This is assumed to be missing on the Sega Saturn version to benefit slightly better load times. The Sega Saturn version has an option for allowing Shang Tsung to morph to any character (which suffers from a short delay to load the character into memory from the disc) or only to his opponent. Sprites appear less detailed in matches with Shang Tsung when he is allowed to morph into anyone.
Both of these ports, however, have been received negatively by many gamers. They are widely considered to be inferior to the 16-bit ports for their lack of certain sound effects, poor load times, and occasional slowdown. The Saturn version was also released almost two and a half years after the original arcade version, so many found there to be no excuse for these issues.
In Japan, this version is known as Mortal Kombat II Kanzenban (モータルコンバットII 完全版).
Production credits
Mega Drive version
Midway Mortal Kombat Team
Ed Boon, John Tobias, Tony Goskie, Dan Forden, John Vogel
For Probe Software
Programmed by: David Leitch with the kind assistance of Paul Carruthers
Graphics Utilities: Gary Liddon, Carl Muller, Bob Armour
Compression Programming: Nick Pelling, Greg Michael
QA Manager: Tim Bradstock
QA Engineers: James Stewart, Ben O'Reilly, Nick McGee
Creative Director: Joe Bonar
Produced by: Rob O'Farrel (Barg)
Special Thanks to: Tiny 'Bubbles' Beckwith
Mr Leitch's Portrait by: Alan Seagrave
Acclaim Development by The Gray Team
Producer: Rob Leingang
Associate Producer: Stacy Hendrickson
Analysts: John Cirabisi, James Johnson, Joe Libertella
Special Thanks to: Alex De Lucia, Billy Pidgeon, Diane Cambria, Eric Weiner, Steffan Levine, Shawn Rosen, Eric Kuby, Mark Mermelstein, Mike Hong, Eric Samulski
Saturn Programming: Gary Liddon, Simon Golding, Carl Muller
Artistry: Little Kev, Blizzard, Terry Ford
Music: PC Music
Assistant Producer: Tim Bradstock
QA Manager: Cliff Ramsey
QA Engineers: Nick McGee, Mike Movel, Mark Viccary, James Brown, Michael Patrick, Robert Lewtas, Russel Wark
Producer: Rob O'Farrell
Special Thanks to: Cameron Sheppard, David Leitch, George Allan, Jamie Rivett, Paul Carruthers, Keith Burkhill, James Stewart, Justin Garvanovic, Mr Fish, Linford, Demi, Christie, Bliz, Dan Phillips, Dave Collins, Bubbly Beckwith, and of course, you!
Special Thanks: Kelly Coleman, Alex De Lucia, Eric Kuby, Jason Shreiber, Eric Samulski
Acclaim QA
Senior Manager: Mike Weiner
Supervisors: Adam Ingberman, Carol Caracciolo
Tech Support: Harry Reimer, Howard Perlman, John Gonzales, Robert Coffey
Lead Analyst: Mike Hong
Game Analyst: Jeff Zentil
Game Testers: Robert Asche, Andre Abramowitz, Art Scheffer, Mat Kraemer, Eric Zilberman
Mortal Kombat II Design Team
Design and Software: Ed Boon
Design and Graphics: John Tobias
Sounds and Music: Dan Forden
Background Graphics: Tony Goskie
Additional Graphics: John Vogel
Executive Producers: Neil Nicastro, Ken Fedesna
Senior Hardware Technician: Sheridan Oursler
Hardware Design: Ray Macika, Pat Cox, Cary Mednick, Ray Gay, Al Lask
OCS Sound System: Matt Booty, Ed Keenan, John Lowes
Speech: Steve Ritchie, Jon Hey, Vince Pontarelli, Dan (Toasty) Forden, Ed Boon
Shao Kahn Costume: Mark Runyon
Special Thanks to: Mark Penacho, George Petro, Shawn Liptak, Warren Davis, Bill Dabelstein, Jeff Johnson, Mark Turmell, Sal DiVita, Jason Skiles, Paul Dussault, Roger Sharpe, Eric Kinkead, Jake Gimpson, Steve Beran, Paul Barker, John McCaffer, Lee Schiff, Jin Im, The Internet Guys