

If the number of rounds setting is a value other than 2, a small number will be added to the right of time record denoting the number of rounds played, for example, 1'23"45 1 if the game was set to 1-round matches. Unlike later games, the same character can have multiple time records in the 16 positions available, whereas in later games, the time records were character-specific.


Time records are saved in this mode, with the player entering their initials at the end of the game if a record is broken. Clearing the game without using continues unlocks Heihachi. After defeating Heihachi, the character's ending plays and their sub-boss is unlocked for play. The first seven are against random characters, the eighth is against the character's sub-boss, and the ninth is against Heihachi Mishima, the "boss" of the game. In the first installment of the series, the player fights through nine stages.
