yes thats my guess too. I'm not so familiar with this system. I even don't know what happend to this chess computer. Mask ROM dead, oscillator circuit was dead. I had to switch some parts to get the clock signal working. I replaced the U2364 mask rom with 2764 or 27256 EPROM. But something other is wrong and i have to find out what exactly.
yes, i ordered one and RAM parts too. Would be easier to find out by testing than by switching parts. Board quality is not that good. So every part i replace it's a risk.