Sega Arcade Hardware Overview
Date : 2026-04-24 Entry ID : 18024 Entry type : analysis Game : Space Harrier (@1209)
Sega Blockade (1976)
- system16.com: Sega Blockade
- MiSTer core: Arcade-Blockade_MiSTer
- Example games: Blockade
Sega Vic Dual (1977)
- system16.com: Sega Vic Dual
- MiSTer core: Arcade-SEGAVICZ80_MiSTer
- Example games: Carnival, Head On
Sega VCO Object (1981)
- system16.com: Sega VCO Object
- MiSTer core: Arcade-SEGAVICZ80_MiSTer
- Example games: Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom, Turbo
Sega Zaxxon (1982)
- system16.com: Sega Zaxxon
- MiSTer core: Arcade-Zaxxon_MiSTer
- Example games: Zaxxon, Congo Bongo
Sega System 1 (1983)
- Sega System 1
- system16.com: Sega System 1
- MiSTer core: Arcade-SEGASYS1_MiSTer
- Example games: 4D Warriors, Flicky, Sega Ninja, Wonder Boy
Sega Space Harrier (1985)
- system16.com: Sega Space Harrier
- No MiSTer core.
- Example games: Space Harrier, Hang-On
Sega System 2 (1985)
- system16.com: Sega System 2
- Example games: Choplifter, Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Sega System E (1985)
- system16.com: Sega System E (1985)
- Based on Sega Master System
- MiSTer core: SMS_MiSTer
- Example games: Astro Flash, Tetris, Fantasy Zone II
Sega Out Run (1986)
- system16.com: Sega Out Run
- MiSTer core: JTOUTRUN
- Example games: OutRun, Super Hang-On
Sega System 16 (1986)
- Sega System 16
- system16.com: Sega System 16A
- system16.com: Sega System 16B
- MiSTer core: JTS16
- Example games: Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Shinobi, Fantasy Zone
Sega X Board (1987)
- system16.com: Sega X Board (1987)
- Example games: After burner, Thunder Blade
Sega System 24 (1988)
- system16.com: Sega System 24
- Example games: Crack Down, Gain Ground
Sega Y Board (1988)
- system16.com: Sega Y Board
- Example games: Galaxy Force, Galaxy Force II, Power Drift
Sega System 18 (1989)
- system16.com: Sega System 18
- MiSTer core: JTS18
- Example games: Alien Storm, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, Shadow Dancer
Sega System C-2 (1990)
- Based on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis hardware, but with faster MC68000 clock and 15-bit RGB colors
- Not yet available on MiSTER FPGA
- system16.com: Sega System C-2
- Example games: Puyo Puyo, Ribbit, Thunder Force AC
Sega System 32 (1990)
- Sega System 32
- system16.com: Sega System 32 (1990)
- No MiSTer core.
Sega Mega Play (1991)
- system16.com: Sega Mega Play
- Based on Sega Mega Drive
- MiSTer core ?
- Example games: Bio-Hazard Battle, Golden Axe 2, Gunstar Heroes, Shinobi 3, Sonic the Hedgehog, Streets of Rage 2
Sega Model 1 (1992)
- system16.com: Sega Model 1
- No MiSTer core.
- Example games: Star Wars Arcade, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing
Sega Titan Video (1994)
- system16.com: Sega Titan Video
- Based on Sega Saturn
- MiSTer core: Saturn_MiSTer
- Example games: Die Hard: Arcade, Golden Axe: The Duel, Radiant Silvergun, Shienryu, Virtua Fighter Remix, Baku Baku Animal
Sega Naomi (1998)
- system16.com: Sega Naomi (1998)
- Based on Sega Dreamcast
- No MiSTer core.
- Example games: Crazy Taxi, The Typing of the Dead