diff --git a/GPU/Common/SoftwareTransformCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/SoftwareTransformCommon.cpp
index 8ad95e03df..9f9289c714 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/SoftwareTransformCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/SoftwareTransformCommon.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static void RotateUV(TransformedVertex v[4]) {
 }
 
 static bool ShouldApplySpriteBorderFix(const GPUgstate &gstate) {
-	return gstate.isAlphaBlendEnabled() && gstate.getBlendFuncA() != GE_SRCBLEND_FIXA && gstate.isTextureAlphaUsed();
+	return gstate.isMagnifyFilteringEnabled() && gstate.isAlphaBlendEnabled() && gstate.getBlendFuncA() != GE_SRCBLEND_FIXA && gstate.isTextureAlphaUsed();
 }
 
 // Clears on the PSP are best done by drawing a series of vertical strips
diff --git a/assets/compat.ini b/assets/compat.ini
index b807c67c83..28fedcf2a2 100644
--- a/assets/compat.ini
+++ b/assets/compat.ini
@@ -1100,6 +1100,9 @@ ULES01455 = true  # 2011
 ULES01555 = true  # 2012
 ULES01582 = true  # 2013
 
+# Giana's Return (homebrew) #11940
+GIAN00352 = true
+
 [DarkStalkersPresentHack]
 # Darkstalkers
 ULES00016 = true
@@ -2141,10 +2144,22 @@ UCES00422 = 0.5
 UCAS40273 = 0.5
 NPJH50366 = 0.5
 
+# Metal Slug Anthology title screen
+ULES00530 = -0.5
+ULJS00090  = -0.5
+ULAS42086 = -0.5
+ULKS46129 = -0.5
+ULJS00206 = -0.5
+ULAS42161 = -0.5
+NPJH50038 = -0.5
+ULUS10154 = -0.5
+
+# Metal Slug XX combat school
+ULUS10495 = -0.5
 
 # Tokiden (issue #19422)
 # This works in the provided dump, but needs more testing.
-# NPJH50878 = -0.4
+NPJH50878 = -0.4
 
 [TextureCLUTInShader]
 # Fushigi no Dungeon 4. See #15251. This drastically reduces the amount of textures decoded by the game,