Sega Y Board

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Sega Y Board
Manufacturer: Sega
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The Sega Y Board is an arcade system board released by Sega in 1988. Just like the X Board before it, the Y Board was known for its sprite manipulation capabilities. Unusually, the system uses no tile layers, so graphics are rendered using only sprites (a design taken by SNK for their Neo-Geo hardware in 1990).

Technical Specifications

  • Main CPU: 3 x MC68000 @ 12.5 MHz
  • Sound CPU: Z80 @ 4 MHz
  • Sound chip: YM2151 4 MHz & SegaPCM @ 15.625 MHz
  • Display resolution: 320 x 224
  • Board composition: CPU board and video board
  • Hardware features: a sky gradient; a first sprite layer, which plugs into a full-screen rotation; a second sprite layer on top of them, which has priority; full sprite zooming and scaling on both sprite planes.

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