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The '''Sega System 16''' is an arcade board released by [[Sega]] in 1985 as a 16-bit successor to the [[Sega System 1]]. Throughout its lifespan, there would be around forty games released on this hardware, making it one of Sega's most successful hardware designs. It was produced in three variants, the Pre-System 16, System 16A and System 16B, though the only differences between the three are clock speeds.
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The '''Sega System 16''' (セガ システム 16) is an [[arcade]] board released by [[Sega]] in 1985 as a 16‑bit successor to the [[Sega System 1]] and [[Sega System 2]]. Throughout its lifespan, there would be around forty games released on this hardware, making it one of Sega's most successful hardware designs. It was produced in three variants: the Pre-System 16 (1985), System 16A (1986), and System 16B (1987). The only difference between the Pre-System 16 and System 16A are clock speeds, while the System 16B has improved graphics, sound and memory.
  
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The System 16 is the home to many of Sega's most successful franchises, including ''[[Shinobi]]'', ''[[Fantasy Zone]]'', ''[[Altered Beast]]'' and ''[[Golden Axe]]''. It popularised the use of the [[Motorola]] [[68000]] CPI and [[Zilog]] [[Z80]] combo, something which was copied for [[Capcom]]'s successful CPS-1 and CPS-2 boards (among other arcade systems of the day), as well as most notably, the [[Sega Mega Drive]].
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The System 16 is the home to many of Sega's most successful franchises, including ''[[Shinobi]]'', ''[[Fantasy Zone]]'', ''[[Altered Beast]]'' and ''[[Golden Axe]]''. Following the [[Sega Hang-On hardware]], the System 16 popularised the use of the [[Motorola 68000]] and [[Zilog]] [[Z80]] combo, which was later imitated for [[Capcom]]'s successful CPS-1 and CPS-2 boards (among other arcade systems of the day), as well as the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and Neo Geo consoles.
  
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In order to prevent piracy, as well as illegal bootleg games, many System 16 boards used an encryption system. A Hitachi [[FD1094]] chip, containing the main CPU as well as the decryption key, was used in place of a regular CPU.
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In order to prevent piracy, as well as illegal bootleg games, many System 16 boards used an encryption system. A [[Hitachi]] [[FD1094]] chip, containing the main CPU as well as the decryption key, was used in place of a regular CPU.
  
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Though Pre-System 16, System 16A and System 16B are the three most recognised variants of the hardware, there is technically a fourth, dubbed "System 16C" which was used by the 2008 release of ''[[Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa]]''. ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' arrived almost a decade and a half after the System 16 hardware was discontinued, however its real arcade release means that System 16C specifications may belong to the Sega System 16 series. ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' needs more RAM than any of the other System 16 boards can offer, but the game adhered to other restrictions of the hardware.
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Though Pre-System 16, System 16A and System 16B are the three most recognised variants of the hardware, there is technically a fourth, dubbed "System 16C", which was used by the 2008 release of ''[[Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa]]''. Although ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' arrived almost a decade and a half after the System 16 hardware was discontinued, its real arcade release means that System 16C specifications may belong to the Sega System 16 series. ''Fantasy Zone II DX'' needs more RAM than any of the previous System 16 boards can offer, but otherwise adheres to their limitations.
  
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==Technical Specifications==
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==Technical specifications==
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===System 16A===
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===System 16 specifications===
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*Main CPU: [[Hitachi]] FD1094 ([[Motorola 68000]]) @ 10 MHz (16-bit & 32-bit instructions @ 1.75 MIPS)
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*Main MCU: Intel i8751 @ 8 MHz (8-bit instructions @ 8 MIPS, 1 instruction per cycle)
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*Board Composition: CPU Board, Video Board
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*Sound CPU: [[NEC]] uPD780C-1 ([[Zilog Z80]] clone) @ 4 MHz
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*CPU:
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*Sound MCU: Intel i8048 @ 6 MHz (8-bit instructions @ 6 MIPS)
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:*Main CPU: [[Hitachi]] [[FD1094]] ([[Motorola 68000]]) @ 10 MHz (16/32‑bit instructions @ 1.75 MIPS)
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*FM Sound Chip: [[Yamaha]] [[YM2151]] @ 4 MHz (8 FM synthesis channels)
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:*Sound CPU: [[NEC]] μPD780C-1 ([[Zilog]] [[Z80]] clone) @ 4 MHz (8/16‑bit instructions @ 0.58 MIPS)
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*PCM sound chip: NEC uPD7751 @ 6 MHz
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*MCU:
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**ADPCM Channels: 3
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:*Main MCU: [[Intel]] i8751 @ 8 MHz (8‑bit instructions @ 8 MIPS, 1 instruction per cycle)
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**Audio Bit Depth: 8-bit
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:*Sound MCU: [[Intel]] i8048 @ 6 MHz (8‑bit instructions @ 6 MIPS, 1 instruction per cycle)
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*GPU Chipset: 315-5011 sprite line comparator, 315-5012 sprite generator, 2× 315-5049 tilemap chips, 315-5107 & 315-5108 display timers, 315-5143 & 315-5144 sprite chips, 315-5149 video mixer
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*Sound Chips:
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**Clock Rate Performance: 12.5874 MHz sprite line buffer render clock, 6.2937 MHz sprite line buffer scan/erase & pixel clock
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:*FM Sound Chip: [[Yamaha]] [[YM2151]] @ 4 MHz (8 FM synthesis channels)
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*[[RAM]]: 99 KB{{ref|https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16a.c}}
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:*PCM Sound Chip: [[NEC]] μPD7751 ADPCM Decoder @ 6 MHz{{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16a.cpp Sega Pre-System 16 & System 16A Hardware (MAME)]}}
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**Main: 32 KB (16 KB I/O, 16 KB NVRAM)
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::*ADPCM Sampling Channels: 3
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**[[VRAM]]: 65 KB (32 KB tiles, 4 KB text, 2 KB sprites, 4 KB palette, 23 KB [[SRAM|Static RAM]])
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::*Audio Bit Depth: 8‑bit
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**Sound: 2 KB
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*GPU Chipset: 315‑5011 sprite line comparator, 315‑5012 sprite generator, 2× 315‑5049 tilemap chips, 315‑5107 & 315‑5108 display timers, 315‑5143 & 315‑5144 sprite chips, 315‑5149 video mixer{{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/video/segaic16.cpp Sega 16‑Bit common hardware (MAME)]}}
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*Display [[Resolution]]: Progressive scan
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:*Clock Rate Performance: 12.5874 MHz sprite line buffer render clock, 6.2937 MHz sprite line buffer scan/erase & pixel clock
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**Horizontal: 320×224 (display), 342×262 (overscan)
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*Memory: Up to 1252 [[Byte|KB]] (304 KB main, 801 KB video, 163 KB sound)
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**Vertical: 224×320 (display), 262×342 (overscan)
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:*[[RAM]]: 147 KB, including 77 KB high-speed [[SRAM]] (Static RAM){{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16a.cpp Sega Pre-System 16 & System 16A Hardware (MAME)]}}{{intref|Sega Pre-System 16 hardware notes (2004-03-29)}}
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*Color Palette: 98,304
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::*Main RAM: 48 KB (16 KB work RAM, 16 KB I/O, 16 KB NVRAM)
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** 15-bit RGB high color depth (32,768 colors) and 1-bit shadow & highlight that triples up to 98,304 colors
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::*[[VRAM|Video RAM]]: 97 KB
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*Colors on Screen: 4096 (unique colors) to 6144 (with shadow & highlight)
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:::*CPU Board: 42 KB (32 KB tiles, 4 KB text, 2 KB sprites, 4 KB color, 16 KB I/O, 16 KB NVRAM)
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:::*Video Board: 55 KB SRAM (2 KB line buffers)
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::*Sound RAM: 2 KB
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:*[[ROM]]: Up to 1121 KB [[EPROM]] (1121 KB (256 KB main, 704 KB video, 161 KB sound)
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*Display [[Resolution]]:
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:*Horizontal: 320×224 (display), 342×262 (overscan){{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16a.cpp Sega Pre-System 16 & System 16A Hardware (MAME)]}}
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:*Vertical: 224×320 (display), 262×342 (overscan)
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:*Scanlines: 224 (display), 262 (overscan), progressive scan
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:*Line buffer resolution: 512 pixels
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*[[Palette|Color Palette]]: 98,304
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:* 15-bit RGB high color depth (32,768 colors), 1‑bit shadow & highlight triples up to 98,304 colors{{intref|Sega System 16B hardware notes (2003-01-12)}}{{intref|Sega "X-Board" hardware notes (2004-12-03)}}
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*Colors on Screen: 4096 (unique colors) to 6144 (with shadow & highlight){{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16a.cpp Sega Pre-System 16 & System 16A Hardware (MAME)]}}
 
*Graphical Planes:
 
*Graphical Planes:
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**1 sprite layer
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:*1 sprite layer
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**1 text layer
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:*1 text layer
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**2 tile layers (row & column scrolling, 8×8 tiles)
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:*2 tile layers (row & column scrolling,{{intref|Sega System 16B hardware notes (2003-01-12)}} 8×8 tiles){{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16a.cpp Sega Pre-System 16 & System 16A Hardware (MAME)]}}
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*[[Sprite]] Capabilities: Dual line buffers, double buffering, 128 on-screen sprites
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*[[Sprite]] Capabilities: Dual line buffers, double buffering, 128 on‑screen sprites{{intref|Sega System 16B hardware notes (2003-01-12)}}{{intref|Sega Pre-System 16 hardware notes (2004-03-29)}}
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**Fillrate per Scanline: 800 sprite pixels/texels (800.75 sprite processing ticks) per scanline
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:*Fillrate per Scanline: 800 sprite pixels/texels (800.75 sprite processing ticks) per scanline
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**Sprites per Scanline: 100 sprites per scanline
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:*Sprites per Scanline: 100 sprites per scanline
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**Colors per Sprite: 16
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:*Colors per Sprite: 16
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**Sprite Sizes: 8 to 256 pixels width, 8 to 256 pixels height
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:*Sprite Sizes: 8 to 256 pixels width, 8 to 256 pixels height{{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16a.cpp Sega Pre-System 16 & System 16A Hardware (MAME)]}}
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===System 16B===
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===System 16B specifications===
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System 16B included the following upgrades in 1986:
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System 16B featured the following upgrades:{{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16b.cpp Sega System 16B Hardware (MAME)]}}{{intref|Sega System 16B hardware notes (2003-01-12)}}
  
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*Sound CPU: [[Zilog]] [[Z80]] @ 5 MHz (8-bit & 16-bit instructions @ 0.725 MIPS)
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{{multicol|
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*PCM Sound Chip: [[NEC]] uPD7751 ADPCM Decoder @ 640 kHz
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*Board composition: CPU Board, ROM Board
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**ADPCM Channels: 8
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*Sound CPU: [[Zilog]] [[Z80]] @ 5 MHz (8/16‑bit instructions @ 0.725 MIPS)
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**Audio Bit Depth: 9-bit
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*PCM Sound Chip: [[NEC]] μPD7759 ADPCM Decoder @ 640 kHz{{fileref|UPD7759 datasheet.pdf}}
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**Other Features: 8 kHz sampling rate, up to 128 KB audio ROM and 256 samples
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:*ADPCM Sampling Channels: 1
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*GPU Chipset: 315-5196 sprite generator, 315-5197 tilemap generator, 315-5213 sprite chip, 315-5248 & 315-5250 math chips
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:*Audio Bit Depth: 9‑bit{{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/devices/sound/upd7759.cpp NEC UPD7759 ADPCM Speech Processor (MAME)]}}
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*[[Sprite]] Capabilities: Sprite scaling
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:*Other Features: 8 kHz sampling rate, up to 128 KB audio ROM, up to 256 samples, speech synthesizer
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*GPU Chipset: 315‑5196 sprite generator, 315‑5197 tilemap generator, 315‑5213 sprite chip, 315‑5248 & 315‑5250 math chips{{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/video/segaic16.cpp Sega 16‑Bit common hardware (MAME)]}}
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==Gallery==
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:*[[Sprite]] Capabilities: Sprite scaling
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===Pre-System 16===
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*Memory: Up to 3675 KB (667 KB main, 2913 KB video, 194 KB sound)
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<gallery>
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:*[[RAM]]: 147&nbsp;KB, including 104&nbsp;KB high-speed [[SRAM]] (Static RAM)
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File:pre-system16.jpg|Motherboard
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::*Main RAM: 48&nbsp;KB (16&nbsp;KB work SRAM, 16&nbsp;KB I/O, 16&nbsp;KB NVRAM)
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</gallery>
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::*[[VRAM|Video RAM]]: 97&nbsp;KB, including 84&nbsp;KB SRAM (4&nbsp;KB sprites, 4&nbsp;KB color, 64&nbsp;KB tiles, 4&nbsp;KB text, 8&nbsp;KB line buffers)
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::*Sound RAM: 2&nbsp;KB SRAM
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::*SRAM performance: 22.222222&nbsp;MHz (45&nbsp;[[wikipedia:Nanosecond|ns]]){{fileref|TMM2018 datasheet.pdf}}
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:*[[ROM]]: Up to 3528&nbsp;KB (520&nbsp;KB main, 2816&nbsp;KB video, 192&nbsp;KB sound)
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===Sega System 16A===
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===System 16C specifications===
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<gallery>
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System 16C featured the following upgrade over System 16B in 2008:{{ref|[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/segas16b.cpp Sega System 16B Hardware (MAME)]}}
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File:system16a_motherboard.jpg|Motherboard (side 1)
 
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File:system16a_motherboard2.jpg|Motherboard (side 2)
 
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</gallery>
 
  
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===Sega System 16B===
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*RAM: 387&nbsp;KB, including 104&nbsp;KB high-speed SRAM (Static RAM)
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<gallery>
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:*Main RAM: 288&nbsp;KB (256&nbsp;KB work RAM, 16&nbsp;KB I/O, 16&nbsp;KB NVRAM)
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File:system16b_motherboard.png|Motherboard
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:*Video RAM: 97&nbsp;KB, including 84&nbsp;KB SRAM (4&nbsp;KB sprites, 4&nbsp;KB color, 64&nbsp;KB tiles, 4&nbsp;KB text, 8&nbsp;KB line buffers)
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</gallery>
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:*Sound RAM: 2&nbsp;KB SRAM
  
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==List of Games==
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==List of games==
 
===Pre-System 16===
 
===Pre-System 16===
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* ''[[Major League]]'' (1985)
 
* ''[[Major League]]'' (1985)
 
* ''[[Body Slam]]'' / ''Dump Matsumoto'' (1986)
 
* ''[[Body Slam]]'' / ''Dump Matsumoto'' (1986)
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* ''[[Quartet]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[Quartet]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[Quartet 2]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[Quartet 2]]'' (1987)
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===System 16A===
 
===System 16A===
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*''[[Action Fighter]]'' (1986)
 
*''[[Action Fighter]]'' (1986)
 
*''[[Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars]]'' (1986)
 
*''[[Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars]]'' (1986)
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*''[[Tetris]]'' (1988)
 
*''[[Tetris]]'' (1988)
 
*''[[Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair]]'' (1988)
 
*''[[Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair]]'' (1988)
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===System 16B===
 
===System 16B===
 
{{multicol|
 
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*''Alien Syndrome'' (1987)
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* ''[[Alien Syndrome]]'' (1987)
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*''[[Bullet]]'' (1987)
 
 
*''[[Dunk Shot]]'' (1987)
 
*''[[Dunk Shot]]'' (1987)
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*''[[Sonic Boom]]'' (1987)
 
 
*''[[Time Scanner]]'' (1987)
 
*''[[Time Scanner]]'' (1987)
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*''[[Bullet]]'' (1987)
 
*''[[Super League (System 16)|Super League]]'' (1987)
 
*''[[Super League (System 16)|Super League]]'' (1987)
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*''[[Sonic Boom]]'' (1987)
 
*''[[Charon]]'' (198?)
 
*''[[Charon]]'' (198?)
 
*''[[Altered Beast]] / Juuouki'' (1988)
 
*''[[Altered Beast]] / Juuouki'' (1988)
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*''[[Aurail]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Aurail]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Ryu Kyu]]'' (1990)
 
*''[[Ryu Kyu]]'' (1990)
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*''[[Atomic Point]]'' (1990) [NOTE: Unlicensed]
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*''[[Snapper (System 16)|Snapper]]'' (1990) [NOTE: Unlicensed]
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*''[[The Destroyer From Jail]]'' (1991) [NOTE: Unlicensed]
 
*''[[Cotton]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[Cotton]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[Riot City]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[Riot City]]'' (1991)
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*''[[Touryuumon]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Touryuumon]]'' (1995)
 
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*''[[Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa]]'' (2008)
 
*''[[Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa]]'' (2008)
  
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==Production credits==
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{{creditstable|
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*'''Designer:''' [[Toshiyuki Kaji]]
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| source=Developer mentions{{fileref|SS16CSTV2 Album JP Booklet.pdf|page=5}}
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
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==Photo gallery==
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===Pre-System 16===
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<gallery>
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pre-system16.jpg|Motherboard
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</gallery>
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===Sega System 16A===
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<gallery>
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system16a motherboard.jpg|Motherboard (side 1)
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system16a motherboard2.jpg|Motherboard (side 2)
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===Sega System 16B===
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<gallery>
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system16b motherboard.png|Motherboard
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references/>
  
 
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Sega System 16
Manufacturer: Sega
Variants: Pre-System 16, System 16A, System 16B, System 18, System C
Release Date RRP Code
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The Sega System 16 (セガ システム 16) is an arcade board released by Sega in 1985 as a 16‑bit successor to the Sega System 1 and Sega System 2. Throughout its lifespan, there would be around forty games released on this hardware, making it one of Sega's most successful hardware designs. It was produced in three variants: the Pre-System 16 (1985), System 16A (1986), and System 16B (1987). The only difference between the Pre-System 16 and System 16A are clock speeds, while the System 16B has improved graphics, sound and memory.

The System 16 is the home to many of Sega's most successful franchises, including Shinobi, Fantasy Zone, Altered Beast and Golden Axe. Following the Sega Hang-On hardware, the System 16 popularised the use of the Motorola 68000 and Zilog Z80 combo, which was later imitated for Capcom's successful CPS-1 and CPS-2 boards (among other arcade systems of the day), as well as the Sega Mega Drive and Neo Geo consoles.

In order to prevent piracy, as well as illegal bootleg games, many System 16 boards used an encryption system. A Hitachi FD1094 chip, containing the main CPU as well as the decryption key, was used in place of a regular CPU.

Though Pre-System 16, System 16A and System 16B are the three most recognised variants of the hardware, there is technically a fourth, dubbed "System 16C", which was used by the 2008 release of Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa. Although Fantasy Zone II DX arrived almost a decade and a half after the System 16 hardware was discontinued, its real arcade release means that System 16C specifications may belong to the Sega System 16 series. Fantasy Zone II DX needs more RAM than any of the previous System 16 boards can offer, but otherwise adheres to their limitations.

Technical specifications

System 16 specifications

  • Board Composition: CPU Board, Video Board
  • CPU:
  • MCU:
  • Main MCU: Intel i8751 @ 8 MHz (8‑bit instructions @ 8 MIPS, 1 instruction per cycle)
  • Sound MCU: Intel i8048 @ 6 MHz (8‑bit instructions @ 6 MIPS, 1 instruction per cycle)
  • Sound Chips:
  • FM Sound Chip: Yamaha YM2151 @ 4 MHz (8 FM synthesis channels)
  • PCM Sound Chip: NEC μPD7751 ADPCM Decoder @ 6 MHz[1]
  • ADPCM Sampling Channels: 3
  • Audio Bit Depth: 8‑bit
  • GPU Chipset: 315‑5011 sprite line comparator, 315‑5012 sprite generator, 2× 315‑5049 tilemap chips, 315‑5107 & 315‑5108 display timers, 315‑5143 & 315‑5144 sprite chips, 315‑5149 video mixer[2]
  • Clock Rate Performance: 12.5874 MHz sprite line buffer render clock, 6.2937 MHz sprite line buffer scan/erase & pixel clock
  • Memory: Up to 1252 KB (304 KB main, 801 KB video, 163 KB sound)
  • RAM: 147 KB, including 77 KB high-speed SRAM (Static RAM)[1][3]
  • Main RAM: 48 KB (16 KB work RAM, 16 KB I/O, 16 KB NVRAM)
  • Video RAM: 97 KB
  • CPU Board: 42 KB (32 KB tiles, 4 KB text, 2 KB sprites, 4 KB color, 16 KB I/O, 16 KB NVRAM)
  • Video Board: 55 KB SRAM (2 KB line buffers)
  • Sound RAM: 2 KB
  • ROM: Up to 1121 KB EPROM (1121 KB (256 KB main, 704 KB video, 161 KB sound)
  • Horizontal: 320×224 (display), 342×262 (overscan)[1]
  • Vertical: 224×320 (display), 262×342 (overscan)
  • Scanlines: 224 (display), 262 (overscan), progressive scan
  • Line buffer resolution: 512 pixels
  • 15-bit RGB high color depth (32,768 colors), 1‑bit shadow & highlight triples up to 98,304 colors[4][5]
  • Colors on Screen: 4096 (unique colors) to 6144 (with shadow & highlight)[1]
  • Graphical Planes:
  • 1 sprite layer
  • 1 text layer
  • 2 tile layers (row & column scrolling,[4] 8×8 tiles)[1]
  • Sprite Capabilities: Dual line buffers, double buffering, 128 on‑screen sprites[4][3]
  • Fillrate per Scanline: 800 sprite pixels/texels (800.75 sprite processing ticks) per scanline
  • Sprites per Scanline: 100 sprites per scanline
  • Colors per Sprite: 16
  • Sprite Sizes: 8 to 256 pixels width, 8 to 256 pixels height[1]

System 16B specifications

System 16B featured the following upgrades:[6][4]

  • Board composition: CPU Board, ROM Board
  • Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 5 MHz (8/16‑bit instructions @ 0.725 MIPS)
  • PCM Sound Chip: NEC μPD7759 ADPCM Decoder @ 640 kHz[7]
  • ADPCM Sampling Channels: 1
  • Audio Bit Depth: 9‑bit[8]
  • Other Features: 8 kHz sampling rate, up to 128 KB audio ROM, up to 256 samples, speech synthesizer
  • GPU Chipset: 315‑5196 sprite generator, 315‑5197 tilemap generator, 315‑5213 sprite chip, 315‑5248 & 315‑5250 math chips[2]
  • Sprite Capabilities: Sprite scaling
  • Memory: Up to 3675 KB (667 KB main, 2913 KB video, 194 KB sound)
  • RAM: 147 KB, including 104 KB high-speed SRAM (Static RAM)
  • Main RAM: 48 KB (16 KB work SRAM, 16 KB I/O, 16 KB NVRAM)
  • Video RAM: 97 KB, including 84 KB SRAM (4 KB sprites, 4 KB color, 64 KB tiles, 4 KB text, 8 KB line buffers)
  • Sound RAM: 2 KB SRAM
  • SRAM performance: 22.222222 MHz (45 ns)[9]
  • ROM: Up to 3528 KB (520 KB main, 2816 KB video, 192 KB sound)

System 16C specifications

System 16C featured the following upgrade over System 16B in 2008:[6]

  • RAM: 387 KB, including 104 KB high-speed SRAM (Static RAM)
  • Main RAM: 288 KB (256 KB work RAM, 16 KB I/O, 16 KB NVRAM)
  • Video RAM: 97 KB, including 84 KB SRAM (4 KB sprites, 4 KB color, 64 KB tiles, 4 KB text, 8 KB line buffers)
  • Sound RAM: 2 KB SRAM

List of games

Pre-System 16

System 16A

System 16B

System 16C

Production credits

Source:
Developer mentions[10]


Magazine articles

Main article: Sega System 16/Magazine articles.

Photo gallery

Pre-System 16

  • Motherboard

Sega System 16A

  • Motherboard (side 1)

  • Motherboard (side 2)

Sega System 16B

  • Motherboard

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Sega Pre-System 16 & System 16A Hardware (MAME)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega 16‑Bit common hardware (MAME)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Pre-System 16 hardware notes (2004-03-29)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sega System 16B hardware notes (2003-01-12)
  5. ↑ Sega "X-Board" hardware notes (2004-12-03)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sega System 16B Hardware (MAME)
  7. ↑ File:UPD7759 datasheet.pdf
  8. ↑ NEC UPD7759 ADPCM Speech Processor (MAME)
  9. ↑ File:TMM2018 datasheet.pdf
  10. ↑ File:SS16CSTV2 Album JP Booklet.pdf, page 5


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