Sega System 16

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The Sega System 16 is a 16-bit arcade hardware platform developed by Sega in the late 1980s, known for powering popular titles such as Golden Axe and Shinobi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arcade system board
video game hardware platform
bitArchitecture 16-bit
boardFormat dedicated arcade PCB
colorPalette up to 4096 colors
company Sega Corporation NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
cpu Motorola 68000 NERFINISHED
developer Sega NERFINISHED
graphicsFeatures sprite-based graphics
tile-based graphics
hasVariant Sega System 16A NERFINISHED
Sega System 16B NERFINISHED
inputDevices buttons
joystick
introducedIn 1985
introducedInDecade 1980s
manufacturer Sega NERFINISHED
market coin-operated arcade
memoryType ROM-based game storage
notableFor powering Golden Axe
powering Shinobi
widespread use in late 1980s arcades
platformType arcade
predecessor Sega System 1 NERFINISHED
Sega System 2 NERFINISHED
regionLocking used encryption and protection chips on some boards
soundChip Texas Instruments SN76496 NERFINISHED
Yamaha YM2151 NERFINISHED
soundCpu Zilog Z80 NERFINISHED
successor Sega System 18 NERFINISHED
Sega System 32 NERFINISHED
usedForGame Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars NERFINISHED
Altered Beast NERFINISHED
Aurail NERFINISHED
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams NERFINISHED
Dynamite Dux NERFINISHED
Fantasy Zone NERFINISHED
Golden Axe NERFINISHED
Passing Shot NERFINISHED
SDI NERFINISHED
Shinobi NERFINISHED
Tetris (Sega arcade version) NERFINISHED
Time Scanner NERFINISHED
Toryumon NERFINISHED
usedInGenre beat 'em up games
platform games
shoot 'em up games

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Golden Axe arcadeSystem Sega System 16
Golden Axe originalPlatform Sega System 16