Thanks to careful repairwork by Toni Cavén and Reprocade Ltd my favourite game of all time works again. Happy day!
Next, I need to fill in some small missing bits, which is to add weapon frames for special attack pose, and for entering doors.
Then, I will start polishing all the graphics for the PC version. I will touch up the sprites, and start reworking the level art to cover all of the 160 x 200 area, and rework the UI for that purpose. Original versions will stay safe for the eventual C64 conversion that will come some day.
After that, I can FINALLY start making new levels.