At the start menu, press L1 to reset your profile. Note the three rows of scrolling words. Press X to change the word that appears in the top row. A different word will appear each time X is pressed. The word in the middle row seems to be random each time the menu is entered. The word in the bottom row is always "Deception". At this time, no known effect has been noticed by doing this, but it may be related to the rumored "Super Unlockables" in the game.
Stage selection
At the character selection screen in versus or practice mode, press R1 to choose your battle stage.
Alternate costumes
At the character selection screen, press Start to choose your character's alternate costume. Note: You may first need to unlock the costume in the Krypt.
Random opponent selection
Enter practice mode and choose Scorpion. Then, highlight any opponent character on the top row and hold Up + Select for about five seconds.
Grabbing weapons
Go to Kombat mode then go to a level with a weapon. Then, press L2 near the weapon to pick it up. There will be a green square around the object to indicate that it is a weapon.
Easy wins
When fighting anyone except for Scorpion, press Up(3), Down, Up, Down, Circle(2), Triangle, Square(2). The opponent cannot block the move and it will take about half of their life away.
Easy fatalities
Go to a chess match. Once there and fighting, kill the opponent's leader with whoever you want to do the fatality with. If you defeat him or her, a fatality will automatically happen. Additionally, go to practice or arcade mode and pick Shujinko. Then, go to the Slaughter House level. When the match starts, knock your opponent down into the basement of the Slaughter House. Next, get on your opponent's side so that you are moving them back toward the death trap. Make sure not to push them all the way back. Next, pop them up into the air with Away, Triangle(2). Then, while in the air, do Liu Kang's Bicycle Kick. The last kick should send your opponent flying through the air and into the death trap. Once your opponent has been diced up into little pieces of flesh, it should say under your name. 13 Hits, 127% damage. You should have two hits from the pop-ups and ten from the bicycle kick making that 27% damage, and one from the death trap, which automatically kills your opponent and gives you 100% damage. Note: You must have Liu Kang's Bicycle Kick from Konquest mode.
Double death
Start versus mode with a friend. Select Falling Cliffs as your area of Kombat. Then, choose any two characters. Let the match begin. You will soon see that it is a circular platform, and that layers around the edges will begin to fall off every twenty to thirty seconds. Make sure that you and your friend are on a layer of an edge that will break off the platform. Once it breaks off, both characters will fall off the platform (just like when your punch or kick someone off). You will see both of the characters land on stone spikes. The one with the least health will lose the match, but both of your health bars will go down to 0. Also, If your both fall off the same time and have full health, player one will always be the winner of that match.
Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2)
