(Image credit: Konami)

The Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 got its final big patch earlier this year, bringing 61 GB of textures to MGS3 and finally letting you switch the accept and cancel buttons on gamepad in MGS1. It was the end of a long arc for the first Master Collection, which released in a lamentable state back in 2023, and which Konami had to hammer into shape over the course of the next three years. It's pretty good now!

But it can always be better, right? Which is why fan projects like MGSHDFix —which smooths out remaining bugs and sprinkles a little extra visual pixie dust on the game—continue to operate.…