Some fun involving running strings against the main EXE for the DOS version of MK2 (the original version, with the sequenced BGM). I'd originally used a hex editor, but that was a while back, and I can't find my notes... well, it's easier to cut and paste from a text file, anyway. 
KANO WINS
SONYA WINS
TANYA WINS
ERMAC WINS
ED BOON WINS
JOHN TOBIAS WINS
MARK TURMELL WINS
SAL DIVITA WINS
FERGALITY !!
To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if the latter four had some way of having the game say they (the actual person) won, every time they won a match. But unless there's a way to do it across all of these versions of MK2... yeah, it's probably fake. (These are also stored apart from (and before) the regular character-wins messages.)
The 'Fergality !!' message is surprising, though - supposedly, that was something you could only do on the Genesis version. Never did try it, though. (I only had the DOS version...)
PLEASE ENTER THE WORD ON :\nPAGE: 000\nPARAGRAPH: 000\nLINE: 000\nWORD: 000
I don't remember the game having an instruction manual (AP) check. Of course, it's been years since I played it... though, hell, I don't even remember a manual being in the box. If I do have one, it's not in the jewel case (there wasn't an insert in the front part of the case to begin with) and I don't know where it would be. I'm going to have to get around to trying to set it up and play it to be sure...
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