Unlock hidden characters, adjust the difficulty & volume using EJB Menu! | UMK3 Arcade1Up

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Warning: Do this at your own risk! This menu was made by the game’s creator and was fully intended to remain a secret. There isn’t much in this menu that should brick your machine, following these instructions shouldn’t have negative affects on your arcade1up, but I cannot guarantee your results will be positive. Following my instructions will be at your own risk! I cannot help you fix your machine and I will not be responsible for any issues or defects that happen to your machine.
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EJB Menu code: P1 (5), P2 (10), P1 (3), P2 (1), P1 (2), P2 (2), P1 (3), P2 (3)
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[@jonm2438]

I saw a kid back in the 1990’s access that menu in the arcade. I thought he was a genius. Turns out his dad owned the place. Very cool

[@KillerArcadeGames]

If my dad owned the arcade I played at, I'd probably never have left. I'd ask to spend the night just to play everything for free haha.

[@Sam-Lawry]

@BRETT yes,it's the 'test menu',you need a key to open the pannel. But on some arcade you can have a 'secret code' like this one.

[@mrburns366]

The service menu and the EJB menu aren't the same but they are similar

[@wyldelf2685]

@@KillerArcadeGames ahh Kahblah KAG a true warrior of the Arcades , , , may Kayless smile upon you , , ,👽🖖🖖

[@yourafatboyshadow]

No you didn't but fun to fib for likes.

[@DemigodSalt]

"Jade is a pain in the butt" bro that's an UNDERSTATEMENT

[@KillerArcadeGames]

You’re right. I was keeping it PG lol!

[@madfinntech]

Imagine someone getting into this menu in arcades back in the day by just smashing the buttons randomly.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I assume that’s nearly impossible. It’s too hard for some people to do with the knowledge of it haha.

[@raytheshredgod6987]

😂😂😂😂 jay

[@NxGhxst]

Finally now my cabinet won’t be Blaring MK grunts and screams lol

[@KillerArcadeGames]

hahahaha

[@TrashPandamonium]

Holy crap. That combination was BRUTAL to pull off 3 times!!! I looked it up and it seems the last combination is P2 block x 3, though no problem in doing x 4. Also, I did a different order and it still worked: - adjusted audio volume - unblocked hidden characters - did cpu test - changed difficulty - saved initials It sucks that we need to enter this menu 3 times! Argh...it was BRUTAL!

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Its pretty tough. There is an alternative way (Not that you need it now lol) It was discovered after I made this video. Theres a much easier code to enter, but it won't save until you enter your initials. You also won't be in the EJB menu. However, it's the only way to change MK1's difficulty, MK1 does save the settings too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqKcd4Jups2GgbM

[@TrashPandamonium]

@@KillerArcadeGames Sweet, thanks man! I was mostly interested in adjusting the volume so that was great, thank you!

[@KingsOfStony]

Not really..

[@LukeDodge916]

Just picked my MK A1U last night and I cant wait to do this. Thanks for the heads up. Also doing the spring upgrade and maybe the screen vinyl... Great videos.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Thanks! Those stock sticks definitely need a little upgrade lol. They are too loose.

[@NaiRemlap1]

Super helpful, man! Thanks a lot! I used to do the EJB menu everytime to enable hiddens so I'm glad I can finally save it.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I'm glad it helps!

[@naniyates5106]

This helps me a lot. I have small children and I can now play on the lower volume setting while they sleep. Awesome.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

That’s great! UMK3 was pretty loud out of the box for me.

[@itdobelikedattho8112]

The sound of pressing the buttons are pretty loud too tho

[@wednesdaygeckok.7899]

Thank you for this Shao Kahn isnt even a skill issue he's just unfair

[@tylerwest3282]

Thanks alot I followed all your steps and unlocked all the characters but instead of going back into the EJB to type in my initials, I continously fought player 2 until the game asked for initials and worked just as fine. Thank you again!

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I'm glad it worked smoothly!

[@random_gamer_guy82]

Why so hardwork seriously!!!! That's insane!!!! Every credit to you for that.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

It was meant to never be found I guess. Making it that hard means no one would stumble upon it. Even those who know still struggle sometimes haha.

[@horror7927]

I finally got in! Thank you! I changed the difficulty with the other method because I couldn't pull off the block sequence but to enable the hidden characters I knew this was to only way how so I tried and tried and after about a hundred tries and to my amazement i got in and to save it i just did the win streak until it asked for my initials

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Glad I could help!

[@containternet9290]

Do you guys know if this EJB menu works on versions of UMK3 for PS2 which is found within Mortal Kombat Armageddon and PC's Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection?

[@Ur2ez4me81]

I asked a a guy on ebay that sells happ joy sticks & buttons & he said he wasn't sure if they are compatible, so that's cool to know. Also want to see how you do the lit up marquee. Thanks for the video here, very helpful.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Replacing the buttons with Happ should work fine but you'll need to get some new wiring. I don't think Happ makes a joystick that will work with the board inside the A1U. I plan to just remove all of the original A1U boards and controls and put in a PC with USB encoder boards to wire all of the new controls. I'm hoping the marquee stuff will arrive soon so I can get to installing them! I'll hopefully have a video on it in a week or two.

[@chaos242]

@@KillerArcadeGames Great! I have liked, subscribed, and....uh....belled (?) to make sure I get new notifications. You could always reply to my comment here just in case it doesn't come up in my feed! 😇

[@xxZIGGURATxx]

Pulling it off was very satisfying.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I'm sure it was. I did it on a UMK3 arcade game recently, I made it do the supreme demonstration which was satisfying also haha.

[@mallen73101]

Confirmed working on the legacy version in 2022. Thanks for the tutorial, brother 👊

[@mallen73101]

@ultimo padre37 I believe in you!

[@jessemedina5436]

You’re the truth!!!! It’s more about fluidity than speed guys it has to be done quick but if u do it to quick you’ll mess up the fluidity of the inputs I can get it every time now just cause I found out a rhythm Thanks man a lot

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Thats true, I have about an 85% success rate now days. I hope to find a real cabinet somewhere to do it on lol.

[@DeLL116]

I'm a drummer of 20 years.... Thought this would be a cake walk. It took me 5 minutes.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

That's not bad, some people insist this is a trolling video and I made it up lol! Its just really difficult.

[@DeLL116]

@@KillerArcadeGames For a drummer of 20 years I'm pissed it took me that long. Certainly not a troll video... It's just extremely picky.

[@mauricemason7135]

Thank you very much, Killer Arcade Games. The fact that I have the complete Mame 0.139u set-up on my laptop, I will try sometime this week to see if it'll work for me. Happy 2022 to you and yours.

[@johnjay6370]

EJB Menu code: P1 (5), P2 (10), P1 (3), P2 (1), P1 (2), P2 (2), P1 (3), P2 (3) NOT (4)

[@aaroncarter7183]

Does it work for all three games

[@diondreholston2384]

Aaron Carter yes

[@diondreholston2384]

Aaron Carter yes

[@retromister81]

Does it work for the costco versions?

[@TumoFiji]

Thank you! Just thank you so much! Having those 3 characters unlocked and saved is just incredible 🙌

[@firebomb80]

can't wait to see your mods, I just got one last sunday, I'll keep checking on you. I subbed! I been looking at getting lit MK sign or at least a MK Riser.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Thanks! I hope my marquee comes soon. I'm excited to install it and get my Killer Instinct marquee lit. I'm surprised they didn't release the MK risers now. I guess I could always just get graphics printed for it if I want it.

[@firebomb80]

@@KillerArcadeGames yes I been struggling on if I wanted to buy a basic riser and get printed logo or a official mk riser , I feel the printed logo route would be more expensive. So I'll wait lol

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Yup great video thanks for sharing !

[@randomgamer-st1ie]

Thank you for this video. Should also be noted that umk3 uses the block buttons as shown, but mk1 and mk2 I have accessed using run buttons.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

It looks like they mapped those run buttons as block buttons in MK1-2. The weird thing is if you hold the run button it won’t continuously block in those games. It acts as if you pressed it once.

[@JuanHerrera-uc5ri]

You can reset the game while playing with Scorpion doing the teleport punch move back to back fast. I used to do it a lot playing against good players I couldn’t beat.

[@YourMKArcadeSource]

Nice vid man. The last button count for the EJB menu is actually 3, not 4. That is why you’re always entering the diagnostic menu. And MK4 is not able to be emulated, so you can’t play it in Mame like the rest of these games. You’d have to use the PC version.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Thanks! Someone else told me that too, I copied the code from testyourmight's forum. that would explain why I always ended up in that menu. I had planned to use the PC version of MK4 anyway, even if MK4 worked on MAME, the PC I'm using wouldn't be able to run it lol. I did consider building another cabinet and buying a real MK4 board, its just pretty expensive and tough to find a board right now. Thanks for checking out this video, I've watched your channel off and on for years now. I hope to make it out to that arcade where some of your pristine condition cabinets are! Its a solid 8 hour drive for me though.

[@YourMKArcadeSource]

Thanks for being a fan! If you ever do make it out this way, me know.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I will!

[@mattakadanja]

Or the superior Dreamcast version, MK gold.

[@v00idless72]

Even for non arcade cabinet user this video was good

[@antoniowestbrook88]

All I wanted was the hidden charecters unlocked U don't really have to be super fast with it I got it right 1 time enabled all hidden, won 11 in vs match's (PLAYER 2) and entered initials SAVED💪🏼💪🏼 THANKS BRO

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Nice! No problem!

[@pvtpeppers6176]

You sir are a scholar and a Roman war god. Thx for the upload 👍

[@KillerArcadeGames]

No problem! lol

[@raysalas4258]

My Costco Mk 2 sound was set very low to begin with, thanks for the cool video! Now I can actually play this without getting destroyed right away.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I would have thought they would have fixed the audio for the newer version. The Costco version looks better than the one I got. My monitor sucks, I would have had to swapped but I threw away the receipt not thinking I'd need it. They won't replace it without a receipt.

[@rileykazama3145]

Umk3 is my favorite mortal kombat game

[@KillerArcadeGames]

It's a great game. It's not my favorite personally but its undeniably a great game.

[@Seahawkfan1108]

You hammering the buttons was oddly *Satisfying* .....

[@KillerArcadeGames]

hahahaha Maybe I should turn this into an ASMR channel! There's an easier way to access these menus now, check it out if you're having trouble: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqKcd4Jups2GgbM

[@EvrydayErik]

Has anyone seen this? In stage 5 or so, when I fight sub zero and he legs sweeps and it misses, it actually hits me. It's annoying.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I have not seen this. Do you happen to have video of it?

[@EvrydayErik]

Killer Arcade Games I will upload a video about this over the holidays. Thanks for the responses!

[@airliloo]

I’ve seen it too. It’s only a few pixels off but it bugs me.

[@TheHailstorm77]

It’s because his foot grew an extra penius

[@PapaBattles]

Whenever I need the boon menu code I find myself coming back to this video instead of using Google lol

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Hahah, I appreciate it!

[@RedCGaming]

Tell me why i tried to scroll up on the video but to see the rest of the screen lol

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Hahaha I do the same thing. I find myself trying to pinch to zoom in on real pictures these days. I’m 35, I grew up without technology but it doesn’t take long to get that used to it!

[@RedCGaming]

@liquid snake but theyre just soo good

[@JGUSMC7]

ARGH same.

[@dabb1up520]

lmfao .. i legit just tried to do this a couple times.. haha I blame the weed :P

[@horror7927]

I just got the Mortal kombat legacy edition from arcade 1up and it's not letting me save the characters like the origin version. Is there a reason why?

[@KillerArcadeGames]

That cabinet doesn't save for some reason. They changed something and it won't save anything, its very annoying.

[@derpursmachinest9445]

You actually don’t need to enter initials. It keeps everything when you exit and power off.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

That was not the case for me (except for MK1). Did you just buy your cabinet? I wonder if you could have gotten a newer version that saves?

[@derpursmachinest9445]

Modding Arcade1Up I got it on May 27th. It worked on both mk2 and umk3 for me. I entered the ejb menu every time I started the games cause I was afraid of the brick said to come from saving initials. Then one of my buddies just started the cabinet up, selected umk3 and I walked over, immediately noticed that all the characters were available and the volume was fine. I exited went to mk2 and the settings were as I changed them without having to access ejb. I never saved my initials and it’s been working great. I don’t change anything in mk1, unless there is a volume fix. I couldn’t find it

[@KillerArcadeGames]

This is very interesting. I tested mine before making the video to make sure it didn't save. Maybe they were trying to stop these from bricking! Or you just have a really special cabinet lol.

[@AhgamiGaming]

Thank you bro, this video was extremely helpful.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

No problem 👍

[@CollaborationNation]

Hello Killer Arcade Games! Was wondering if I can send you some octagonal gates, tension springs, and bat tops for a hardware mod mini review? Let me konw, thanks!

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I’d love to do that, but I’ve modded all of my cabinets and removed the stock controls. If I get another one (not sure when that will be) I’d be willing to try it out. Those square gates were awful.

[@UTZS_Playz..]

I know you made this video 4 years ago but I’m not fast enough to enter the code

[@kurrono]

Boss thanks to you ...I got the ejb menu..thanks for explaining about separating the 2player 10 blocks for 5 and 5..counting to 10 can mess u up... I never got it counting to 10 ..so thanks to u ..I got it..Thank you :-)

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I’m glad the tips helped!

[@KiwiKoNZ]

Nice job ma man, and an awesome video too! Keep em’ comin. Subbed 😎👍

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Thanks!!

[@Sick_ridz]

The ejb menu code is ridiculously hard to do consistently. If you want to just unlock the characters and you can get the code in at least once, enable the hidden characters and just beat the other player 10 times to save your initials. That will save the hidden characters. Then if you want to change the volume just use the test menu code and repeat to save. Win 10 times and put in initials. All settings saved. Trying to do that code 3 times lol 🙄. I was lucky I got once

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I did it so much I was able to do it consistently. Its been a while, not sure if I'm still that good.

[@markkrajnik5220]

This worked for me. However guys if you have the cosco version it's a different set up for the test menu (different video). I did the EJB in 3 tries by writing down the cadence😂

[@rileyeuropa8997]

I did this so many times to the point my thingers where in pain🤣

[@CRIPPYMAN]

followed everything you do a T and it all worked and all games still work no bricking as of yet. question I have is will it save if i unplug the cabinet? thanks again for the detailed tutorial!

[@KillerArcadeGames]

If you entered your initials, it should be saved even if you shut it off or unplug it. If you haven’t seen already, I have a new video that shows you how to get into MK1’s test menu and change the difficulty and that saves too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqKcd4Jups2GgbM

[@jamesm7517]

It seems the volume has been adjusted for the Costco bundle. No popping of the speaker even when turned to max. Have not tried the codes to see if it works but there is a newer pcb board on it. Nice video will definitely try the codes.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

The EJB codes should almost certainly work. They'd have to do some serious coding to remove that. But the button/joystick combo I made a video about soon after this one apparently doesn't work. That code was put in my A1U though so they can easily remove it.

[@foojo9]

There is a slight problem when turning on freeplay, when going to your character select screen, everything will be jumbled and look weird. It doesn’t affect the game but it makes it annoying to pick a character. If you do decide to do this, you can fix it by turning freeplay off.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Hmm...thats interesting. Is this on an Arcade1Up?

[@foojo9]

Killer Arcade Games No it is on a normal UMK3 Arcade machine.

[@imshaunnurse]

You can unlock with he pre fight screen too just make sure your game saves. I had lived by one in a skating rink that always had smoke unlocked

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Hahah I'm glad its entertaining. Sometimes I sit there and edit these thinking "I talk way too much" lol. The developers went wild on this one! I completely forgot one fun fact, the attract mode animated sequence was done by Deadpool director Tim Miller! That was probably the best fun fact and I forgot it.

[@imshaunnurse]

@@KillerArcadeGames wow I never knew

[@KillerArcadeGames]

@@imshaunnurse Uhh...this comment was meant for another video lol. I think KZbin messed up on that one. I was talking about CarnEvil by the way.

[@noahmyers5527]

Never mind I got it. I was about to explode with frustration

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Yeah, its really tough. If you do it a lot you'll get better at it for sure. I can almost do some of them from memory first try now.

[@yournamehere004]

MK1 and 2 also had their own EJB menus. do those button combos work too?

[@KillerArcadeGames]

The EJB codes work on all of the games. MK1... P1 (5), P2 (10), P1 (2), P2 (1), P1 (2), P2 (3), P1 (4) MK2... P1 (5), P2 (10), P1 (2), P2 (8), P1 (2) MK3/UMK3... P1 (5), P2 (10), P1 (3), P2 (1), P1 (2), P2 (2), P1 (3), P2 (4)

[@mrcotter35]

Terrific video. Great job on explaining this.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Thanks Rafael!

[@Gamer4lyfe00]

I was messing around with the mame settings lastnight and found out that you could up the fps to 60fps and above because the arcade cabinet is set to 54fps by default which is weird.

[@peytonshaw7500]

Thank you so much for this! Motaro about to pay for all those losses... now that I’m playing on VERY EASY mwuhaha Edit: coming back here after playing, even on very easy Motaro is impossible :/

[@KillerArcadeGames]

LOL! I saw your comment come in via email and thought "Oh boy...hopefully he's not disappointed" and then your update made me laugh. Yeah..unfortunately there's not a huge difference in difficulty. I realized this more and more as I kept playing. The bottom line is these games wanted your quarters and they truly designed MK2-UMK3 to be ultra cheap to take your money. I have some videos on strategies to beat the game, I made one for MK2 and UMK3.

[@peytonshaw7500]

Killer Arcade Games yeah I can beat MK1 with my eyes closed (quarantine has given me all the time to practice lol) and I’ve been trying to beat UMK3 with robo smoke. I’ve seen that you can jump punch into combo, but I can’t get down the timing. I’ll be sure to check out those vids Edit: after watching the vids I actually beat the game! Thanks so much man, that strat against Motaro was my savior 🙏

[@SteveStephens9]

Jump a lot

[@bp4968]

That disclaimer is brutal.

[@pbanks8517]

Great Features...Jus Makes Things Such More Of A Real Arcade Feel...Thanks 4 The Tip

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Its very nice to be able to get in to those menus. I wish MK1 had a way to get into the difficulty settings but no one has found a way around that yet.

[@firebomb80]

@@KillerArcadeGames I've been MK1 although it was hard lol Sub-Zero is the man.. I do what I could turn it down a little endurance 3 then straight to Goro is unfair

[@JQuineri]

After you change the sound settings from EJB menu, do you really have to go to that diagnostic screen where it shows lot of technical boxes and codes (@3:50), if so why? It seems it can mess some things there...

[@KillerArcadeGames]

You don’t, if all you want to do is change the volume then just enter your initials from the EJB menu to save everything.

[@dwarfer2309]

Wow I finally was able to do it you need to be lighting quick and supper accurate

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Yea its crazy. I have no idea how anyone ever figured this out. I assume someone was told the codes and it ended up getting out. The odds of stumbling across this must be insanely high lol.

[@louisgray0984]

To my knowledge, All Arcade Cabinets have this Diagnostic Setting. not just 1Up. All done the same way. The funny thing is too. All Arcade owners know this Diagnostic Code. Mainly for that reason, adjusting sounds, color, or switching out monitors. Or even filters like making it HQ, progressive, Interlaced, esg. Depending on your moniter you use. I have this cabinet that I made and a program called Mame Acade on my PC. And I can adjust everything on every game I have. In the setting like this one.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Real arcades and MAME do give you access to the service menus. Arcade1Up didn't on these so using this EJB menu trick makes it possible. The EJB menu is fun to poke around in on it's own though.

[@KobewhonALT]

Can you do this on an actual cabinet? Like a legit UMK3 cab?

[@rileykazama3145]

Jade is a thorn in my side

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Jade is the WORST hahah

[@frankstrasser6108]

You got one nice! I look forward to your detailed mod vid as I may get one in the future I also want to add a working coin door

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I'm in the early stages of planning it right now. I also need to wait until I have a little more spare cash lol. I try not to spend my everyday money on these, I keep a separate account for all of my hobbies and I've been draining it lately. The main reason for the mod would be to add MK4, I think I might try adding the Dreamcast version this time. I've never had any luck with those emulators so I've got to research a little more. I like the PC version but it doesn't run very well. The cutscenes never work right. I'd like a coin door too!

[@darkphantom8834]

Bro someone managed to get smoke as a character and noob saibot

[@christianhart2159]

How?

[@codmnoobtuber]

Man I’ve found some special moves for a few characters in mk1 but I cannot figure out all of them and I cannot find any videos showing me how

[@ShiftyC1202]

Fair warning, I got the ejb code to work for MK3 and only changed the volume to a lower setting (which worked). But the next time I went to play the game after the cabinet was off, MK3 no longer booted up as if the game was completely erased

[@KillerArcadeGames]

This happens, unfortunately. I firmly believe it has nothing to do with the EJB menu. Its got to be an issue with the board that would have happened if you had reached the point of entering your initials legitimately. Hopefully you get a replacement soon.

[@PalkosHorrorCollection]

@@KillerArcadeGames Same happened to me. The board is on back order for about a month. Back to MAME.

[@CRIPPYMAN]

did you follow this vid to the T I did and its flawless,even entered the same initials as he did. sorry to here that any ways. my honest opinion is that they rushed these out cause remember they had a release date time of september.

[@PalkosHorrorCollection]

@@CRIPPYMAN Yup. most likely just an issue of the machines being glorified RaspberryPi's and having an overwrite corruption.

[@InstruMentalCase]

The difficulty adjust apparently does nothing on both 2 and 3. The original console versions most people actually remember had easier AI, but the PC / console trilogy re-releases used the original arcade code and are thus impossible without using repetitive AI exploit strategies. I’ve read that the only other way is to simply lose approximately 20 times and then the AI handicaps itself to finally let you win the round. Apparently MKII’s AI also responds differently depending on whether you’re Player 1 or 2. But yeah, in both 2 and 3 the computer can spam special moves with no cooldown, deals more damage, gets hit priority over you, has better reach, immediately reads and reacts to your button input instead of the animation, etc. It basically makes having those two on the 1up completely pointless unless you’re playing against friends. MK1’s AI is still really cheap, but it’s beatable without resorting to extreme exploit strategies up until the boss fights. UMKIII even has the “difficulty ladders” but selecting novice is pretty meaningless because the game reverts to the highest difficulty after a couple rounds. MK1 also throws a couple easy rounds your way, but the arcade version gets pretty punishing about two characters before the doubles matches.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I do notice the first few characters are easier when you lower the difficulty but I definitely agree it ramps up drastically to an unbeatable level. Its almost like the game is forcing you to pay to beat certain characters. Or like you said, after you've died and pumped in $10 in money you can progress and it backs down again for the next few characters. The console versions weren't interested in making you continue repeatedly since they already got your money in one bulk purchase. But that arcade cabinet wanted to get record "collections" for arcade owners. If you watch the promos for the arcade games they would send out to operators, you'll hear them talk about how the game will bring in huge amounts of money. They can't do that if its too easy and someone can beat the whole game for just a credit or two. I now know why my local arcade would often have 2-3 cabinets of the newest Mortal Kombat. They must have made crazy amounts of money. The AI is so insanely frustrating at times in MK2. If you jump they instantly do too and kick you in the face lol. I'm sure the developers had zero idea that these could one day be repackaged in a free play only set up and sold to consumers. It would have been smart to change the difficulty to a reasonable level when its set to free play. I'm arguably much better at Killer Instinct than Mortal Kombat but I can fairly easily beat Killer Instinct on the hardest setting and more than easily beat the game with zero continues. It does not seem to have that same cheap AI.

[@subzero8679]

I don't have those issues because I'm good at the games. Don't be a pussy all your life.

[@abrahamgutierrez7272]

I'm stressed as hell... I can't do it in my MKll A1up version, it just don't open that menu in the UMK3. I do all the stuff but I don't get it.

[@GrahamDenmanMusic]

I’ve tried over 40 times in the last week to access this menu and no matter what, I can’t seem to get the timing and my hands wind up hurting and I give up. I wish you lived in LA and I could pay you to just come over and fix my cabinet for me hhaha

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Man that sucks! I nailed the codes first try twice in a row last night. I do have stretches where I fail for at least 5-10 times. Keep trying, I see you play guitar in your KZbin photo, I would assume musical ability has to help in this case. I play drums, maybe thats why it's easier for me?

[@califpv]

@@KillerArcadeGames don't feel bad man took almost 100 tries for me! Lol

[@sugarklay9159]

Try HGH

[@Calibursoul]

LA as in Louisiana or California?

[@salsa6637]

Hey, great video! Did you mod your lcd also? Your picture looks much more clear then the one on my cabinet.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Mine is the stock monitor. The games just look better because it’s running a PC instead of the lower end stock A1U hardware.

[@zinrgy]

For the end of the code, I only hit the P3 Block button three times and it got me in--I wonder if that extra fourth is what puts you in the diagnostic? Thanks so much for this tutorial!

[@KillerArcadeGames]

You’re right. I copied that code from a forum And it’s wrong apparently.

[@benaiahburns4046]

I'd love to know how to get into a menu like this with the Final Fight Arcade1up.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

It's highly unlikely a button combo exists like this for other arcade games. But, Arcade1Up did hide a button/joystick combo that gets you into the MK menus, including MK1 to change difficulty. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqKcd4Jups2GgbM Its possible there are other ways in for these games.

[@tedbrogan1]

Excellent. It works on the legacy edition too. (Only, it doesn't seem to save though)

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Yeah, I’ve been told nothing makes that cabinet save for some reason.

[@Hidden-Temple]

Fuck that's the one I have it won't save difficulty settings 😭

[@user-uj9en1gt1n]

I have the same ultimate mortal combat ll, how do I make sonja and Jason and crew do special moves?

[@luiselpuro2419]

That's Awesome this EJB Menu can be Done on Ps3 MK classic Arcade ?? I just wonder ir

[@KillerArcadeGames]

It will work. I tested it on the Xbox 360 MK Classic just to see.

[@Mjflight98]

I can’t do it at all the counting is so confusing.

[@cjgarner07]

Also I'm glad that you pointed out the error message in the audio test it occurred to me that maybe we are getting an error because this is ported to be in Stereo but actually runs in mono?

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I'm not sure on that one. I'm fairly sure the original arcade games output in mono even though they had two speakers. I'll have to try the test on my other A1U running MAME to see if it fails too.

[@kurrono]

Mortal Kombat arcades is hifi mono from mk2 to umk3.. the only one could be stereo is mk1

[@jagar_the_jaguarplante6213]

Hey I got a question I unlock the hidden character but when I shut off the machine they get wiped off the game

[@NearGuttersPath]

I used to mess with all these menus on mame in the early 2000s

[@Rafael456.]

Bom e tarde de mais pra dizer que tentei usar e deu muito errado e agora o jogo meio que não funciona mais

[@jkiller404]

Cool stuff. I’m subbed now

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Thanks!!

[@officialclizzleof420]

I have done all the steps and it wont save. I have done it multiple times and as soon as I turn it off it goes back to default

[@rigomortisfxstudios]

i have the real arcades and all i have to do is open the coin door and push the button and i get right to the menu , and as for the menu goes you cant mess anything up in the setting once you turn off the machine everything does reset thing to worry about on my real arcades , but as you said do this at your own risk !!!!

[@94petebarrera]

I have done this twice. Second time watching your video once again to make sure I did exactly everything you’ve done. Mine never saves I can literally turn the arcade off once and it’s all back to normal. Please help?

[@KillerArcadeGames]

If you have the Legacy cabinet, it won't save. I've never messed with one myself but everyone has told me that cabinet doesn't save anything.

[@ActionMenWorldPeacekeepers]

This works on the smaller version right that countercade

[@TheRealKaiProton]

These EJB Menus work on MAME, I did them

[@katrachosmoke31]

Thank you fella i try in my gabinete i let you know.

[@KidApoc]

I wonder if this will work on the legacy cab.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I can say with almost 100% certainty it will. It's built into the game's code and removing it would be difficult, not impossible, but difficult.

[@Omega11044]

For me enable hiddens doesn’t appear

[@xoxo.bri_heart]

even if i put in my initials it won’t save why?

[@sammylane21]

It would've been so funny if the default arcade setting had the name initials of "F.U!", 😆.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

LOL

[@vamonosgeek2680]

Can I get this emulation for the arcade gamer pro or some other that doesn’t need a cabinet?

[@KillerArcadeGames]

You can emulate it on almost any PC and even raspberry pi now. You don't need an arcade cabinet. If you need help setting up MAME, try this video I made kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXiQqXVveZ6Vn9E

[@MCSavdog]

Works with my Supreme machine! Yew cheers

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Nice!

[@BrianGzusChrist]

Is there a menu like this for the MARVEL SUPERHEROES Arcade1up?

[@KillerArcadeGames]

There's not...at least nothing that's ever been found. This is probably one of the only games that has something like this.

[@earlycuyler2295]

I just did this for the machine at the dispensary...

[@doggof2k2]

Dope!!!! How did you figure this out??? ^_^

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I can't take credit for finding this, it was found (as far as I know) by The Cutting Room Floor. Its a website that looks through arcade game's code and files to find secrets. I knew it existed on the real arcade cabinets for a few years now and knew it would also work on the A1U version so I tried it. Its a cool trick to do on real arcade cabinets, just don't let the arcade operator see you they'll probably be mad haha.

[@cjgarner07]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I do not think that there is a difficulty adjustment for Mortal Kombat one correct? Because I was only able to do it on 2 and 3 with no adverse effects

[@KillerArcadeGames]

There's no way to do it on MK1, currently. I don't want to say it will never happen but its not likely. I know there won't be any volume settings to play with even if you get in, that game never had software volume settings. Just a knob inside the coin door. If you run the CPU test on the EJB menu in MK1, it just reboots immediately after.

[@subzero8679]

MK 1 is easy lol. MK 2 isn't easy but its not that bad. UMK 3 can be a bitch, but it's not impossible.

[@helderestrela6958]

CAN we adjust music volume through the menu on the MK1??

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Unfortunately, no. That arcade game had a physical knob that was inside the coin door.

[@JIMJAMES2K9]

I got in and changed the hidden characters, went back in to put my initials but it never saved it. Any more tips?

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Hmm...which version of the cabinet do you have? Some people say it does same and some say it doesn't. I'm not sure which cabs don't save though.

[@omarmerikhi9496]

Do anyone here know the name of old ninja game say hopa when do magic as he can become twice the game look such shinobi plzzz

[@KillerArcadeGames]

I wish I could help but I can't seem to figure out which one it was. Maybe someone will see the comment and help out!

[@Fah-Qbitch]

Good stuff man.

[@underwaterwreckingball9640]

Thank you so much now I can say when my friend's come over I can say I whooped there buts with ermac.

[@KillerArcadeGames]

hahah nice!

[@frantic32]

Will this work on the MK Legacy Edition Arcade1up cab as well?

[@KillerArcadeGames]

Yes, this method will work on anything emulating or running the arcade game's original code.