hey guys, thanks for the welcomes. very much appreciated.
the s-record output from the hudson linker was enough - converting it to binary created something which runs on turboengine. which is the good news.
the not so good is that the source is not the final version - which, iirc, was pretty much complete. some quite noticeable bugs, most of the audio is switched off, there's no attract sequence, the transfer game wasn't enabled, etc. but I have played it a little
there's work to do, but a bigger problem, and one which needs addressing before i can share anything but screenshots, is who owns the ip. i've got some leads, which i'll be following. it's important that I respect the ownership, so hang tight for a bit while i investigate.
until then, here's those screenshots... or I would if the upload folder wasn't full