The patch contained two different file options, one for Lecarde with blonde hair, the other green locks. I went with blonde. It's hard to imagine that hair color edit messing up those spinning sprite graphics, but, maybe? You can't see them, but, they're still "there" and can and will kill you quickly.
I played straight through from the start up to that point and didn't notice anything else amiss. Could just be my AliExpress handheld being fruity too I suppose, but, I've never noticed anything like that with any of the many dozens of other ROMs I've tried on it...