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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sega System 16 canonical | 3 |
| Sega System 16A | 1 |
| Sega System 16B | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8412653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sega System 16 Context triple: [Golden Axe, originalPlatform, Sega System 16]
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A.
Sega 32X
The Sega 32X is a short-lived 32-bit add-on for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive that was intended to enhance the console’s graphics and processing power but became a commercial failure.
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B.
Sega CD
The Sega CD is an add-on for the Sega Genesis console that introduced CD-based gaming with enhanced audio, full-motion video, and expanded storage for more complex games.
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C.
Sega Genesis Model 2
The Sega Genesis Model 2 is a slimmer, cost-reduced redesign of Sega’s 16-bit Genesis console, known for its more compact form factor and revised audio/video outputs.
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D.
Sega Genesis Model 3
The Sega Genesis Model 3 is a later, cost-reduced, and more compact revision of Sega’s 16-bit Genesis console, designed as an affordable entry point for playing Genesis/Mega Drive games.
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E.
Sega Master System
The Sega Master System is an 8-bit home video game console developed by Sega and released in the mid-1980s as its primary competitor to Nintendo’s NES.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sega System 16 Target entity description: 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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A.
Sega 32X
The Sega 32X is a short-lived 32-bit add-on for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive that was intended to enhance the console’s graphics and processing power but became a commercial failure.
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B.
Sega CD
The Sega CD is an add-on for the Sega Genesis console that introduced CD-based gaming with enhanced audio, full-motion video, and expanded storage for more complex games.
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C.
Sega Genesis Model 2
The Sega Genesis Model 2 is a slimmer, cost-reduced redesign of Sega’s 16-bit Genesis console, known for its more compact form factor and revised audio/video outputs.
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D.
Sega Genesis Model 3
The Sega Genesis Model 3 is a later, cost-reduced, and more compact revision of Sega’s 16-bit Genesis console, designed as an affordable entry point for playing Genesis/Mega Drive games.
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E.
Sega Master System
The Sega Master System is an 8-bit home video game console developed by Sega and released in the mid-1980s as its primary competitor to Nintendo’s NES.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| 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
ⓘ
linked to:
Sega
|
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| cpu |
Motorola 68000
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
|
| developer | Sega ⓘ |
| graphicsFeatures |
sprite-based graphics
ⓘ
tile-based graphics ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Sega System 16A
ⓘ
linked to:
Sega System 16
Sega System 16B ⓘ
linked to:
Sega System 16
|
| inputDevices |
buttons
ⓘ
joystick ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1985 ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sega ⓘ |
| 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
ⓘ
Sega System 2 ⓘ |
| regionLocking | used encryption and protection chips on some boards ⓘ |
| soundChip |
Texas Instruments SN76496
ⓘ
linked to:
Texas Instruments SN76489
Yamaha YM2151 ⓘ |
| soundCpu | Zilog Z80 ⓘ |
| successor |
Sega System 18
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Sega System 32 ⓘ |
| usedForGame |
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
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Altered Beast ⓘ Aurail ⓘ Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams ⓘ Dynamite Dux ⓘ Fantasy Zone ⓘ Golden Axe ⓘ Passing Shot ⓘ SDI ⓘ Shinobi ⓘ Tetris (Sega arcade version) ⓘ
linked to:
Tetris
Time Scanner ⓘ Toryumon ⓘ |
| usedInGenre |
beat 'em up games
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platform games ⓘ shoot 'em up games ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sega System 16 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sega System 16
linked to: Sega System 16