Platforms

PlayStation, Nintendo 64, PC, Sega Saturn.

Release Dates:

PlayStation: December, 1996.
Nintendo 64: October 31st, 1996.
PC: 1997.
Sega Saturn: August 31st, 1997.

Playable Kombatants:

PlayStation, PC, Sega Saturn: 32: First 5 rows of the select screen.
Nintendo 64: 26: First 4 rows of the select screen minus (unmasked) Sub-Zero and (Human) Smoke.

Hidden (Playable) Kombatants:

PlayStation, PC, Sega Saturn: Chameleon, MK1 Kano, MK1 Raiden, MKII Jax, MKII Kung Lao.
Nintendo 64: Khameleon, Human Smoke, Motaro, Shao Kahn.

Bosses:

Sub-Boss: Motaro.
Boss: Shao Kahn.

Finishers:

PlayStation, PC, Sega Saturn: Each character can perform 2 Fatalities, Animality, Babality, Friendship, Brutality and Stages Fatalities.
Nintendo 64: Same as above, plus Shao Kahn and Motaro have one Fatality each.
Aditionally, each character can perform a Mercy pressing (Hold Run) Down, Down, Down, (Release Run) in the third round, to grant the opponent a little bit of health to continue the fight.
* Secret characters don't always have all the finishers listed here.

Finishers Guidelines:

Friendship: To perform a Friendship, you must not Block in the winning round.
Babality: Same as above.
Animality: (Do all this in the third round) When the "Finish Him/Her!" message appears, perform a Mercy, defeat your opponent again and when a second "Finish Him/Her!" message appears, perform the button combination to perform your kombatant's Animality.

Thousands of years ago an order of the wisest men from the far east received visions of the dark realm known as the Outworld. It was a world ruled by chaos and a vicious Emperor known as Shao Kahn.

They learned that travel between Earth and the new found realm would someday be possible if the conditions were right, the conditions being the unbalancing of the furies - negative and positive forces which keep our unstable universe from collapsing onto itself.

Knowing that an Outworld invasion was imminent, the wise men appealed to the Elder Gods. It was for this reason the Elder Gods created the tournament called Mortal Kombat.

For nine generations Mortal Kombat was ruled by Outworld's finest warrior-prince Goro. The Earth was on the brink of its destruction when a new generation of warriors were victorious in defending its realm.

The warrior monk, Liu Kang, would become the new Champion. But his victory was short lived as he and his comrades find themselves lured into the Outworld to compete in a second tournament.

Little did they know that the tournament was merely a diversion. A scheme devised by the dark Emperor to break the rules set forth by the Elder Gods and witness the reincarnation of his former Queen Sindel on the Earth Realm itself.

The 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.

These are the trilogy of events which comprise Shao Kahn's final attempt at taking the Earth.

Select Screen Secrets:

Random Select: Highlight Noob Saibot if you're Player 1, Rain if you're Player 2 and press Up + Start.
Select Kombat Arena: Highlight Sonya and press Up + Start.

Secret Kombatants:

MK1 Raiden: Highlight Raiden and press Select.
MK1 Kano: Highlight Kano and press Select.
MKII Jax: Highlight Jax and press Select.
MKII Kung Lao: Highlight Kung Lao and press Select.
Chameleon: Select any male ninja and hold Press and Hold Back + High Punch + High Kick + Block + Run until the fight begins.

Secret Kombatants:

Khameleon: In attract mode press: Low Kick, High Kick, Low Punch, High Punch, Run, High Kick, Low Kick, if you heard Shao Kahn saying "Khameleon" after entering the code, then you did it right.
Human Smoke: Select Smoke and Press and Hold Back + High Punch + High Kick + Block + Run until the fight begins.
Motaro: Enter the Select Kombat Arena code, and choose The Balcony, Jade's Desert or The Wasteland and Press and Hold Back + High Kick + Low Kick.
Shao Kahn: Enter the Select Kombat Arena code, and choose The Rooftop, The Pit 3 or The Cave and Press and Hold Down + High Punch + Low Punch.