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Each build had newer level files corresponding to it, but only the executable files were released online while the fully-patched versions were sent to print. Still following? It gets even more confusing. "Newer didn't necessarily mean better," SLAYER explains. "Some of the newer files had glitches that didn't exist in the original release."

He painstakingly went through each level in each of the three different builds, then compiled the best - least buggy and glitch-filled - versions into one pack. In some levels he went a step further, using a special tool that packs and unpacks the .GMX level files to combine two different versions into one. "I also added a few things I made for my own use years ago," he notes, "like correct character models."

Slayer's Ultimate Patch works as a complement to Sasho's control and animation fixes, but opinions differ on just how much the two fan-made updates do to bring The Angel of Darkness up to snuff.

"It's definitely less annoying to control and, well, there's less holes in the walls," says Slayer, "but it's still the same game. You still have the tank controls and the RPG elements that don't make sense [and] you still run around in a small neighbourhood split into smaller chunks - with loading screens and all - because the game can't handle rendering it on the go."