Editing Heretic (video game) (section)

===''Shadow of the Serpent Riders''===
The original version of ''Heretic'' was only available through shareware registration (i.e. mail order) and contained three episodes. The retail version, ''Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders'', was distributed by GT Interactive in 1996, and featured the original three episodes and two additional episodes:<ref name="Max4">{{cite journal|title=Latest Version of Heretic with Two New Chapters! Can You Overcome the Demonic Curse of D'Sparil?|journal=Maximum: The Video Game Magazine|issue=4 |publisher=[[Emap International Limited]]|date=March 1996|pages=34–38}}</ref> ''The Ossuary'', which takes the player to the shattered remains of a world conquered by the Serpent Riders several centuries ago, and ''The Stagnant Demesne'', where the player enters D'Sparil's birthplace. This version was the first official release of ''Heretic'' in Europe.<ref name="Max4"/> A free patch was also downloadable from Raven's website to update the original ''Heretic'' with the content found in ''Shadow of the Serpent Riders''.

Along with the two full additional episodes, ''Shadow of the Serpent Riders'' contains three additional levels in a third additional episode (unofficially known as ''Fate's Path'') which is inaccessible without the use of [[cheat codes]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heretic Developer Interview – HereticHexen|url=https://www.heretichexen.com/heretic/interview/|access-date=2020-06-29|language=en-US}}</ref> The first of these three levels can be accessed by typing the cheat ("<code>ENGAGE61</code>").<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders Cheats, Codes, and Secrets for PC - GameFAQs|url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/197548-heretic-shadow-of-the-serpent-riders/cheats|access-date=2020-06-29|website=gamefaqs.gamespot.com}}</ref> The first two levels are fully playable, but the third level does not have an exit so the player is unable to progress further.