Thanks for the response but what do you mean a flash card solution? I’ll take the flash card out and clean it and inspect it I haven’t done that yet. What else can I do with the flash card?
You can buy a flash card (big memory card basically) that replaces the hard drive.
I replaced the failing HDD in my area 51 cab.
Do you know which sites sell card for these cabs? And I’m assuming I have to install the game on it correct?
Not sure if anyone does, It was just a Idea I was floating but you can buy them for lots of gamings.
But yeah you have to clone the HDD to it, If its in mame (dunno if it is??) you can use the CHD file from there.
Sometimes theres other problems like lock out chips etc.
Anyways after you mentioning its been stuck in a garage for a while I would suggest cleaning all contacts and checking for any corrosion.