System 16
The Sega Arcade Game Emulator

The SYSTEM 16 ARCADE EMULATOR is one of my personal favorites. Unfortunately, the developers of this emulator have discontinued further coding, so we will not be seeing any more games added to it.

The program emulates the Sega's System 16 arcade boards used by many Sega arcade games from 1987 to 1989. Games that used this hardware include Shinobi, Altered Beast, and E-Swat. There are more than 20 existing System 16 games.  The System 16 board uses a Motorola 68000 CPU running at 10Mhz for the main program code, and a Z80 and YM2151 for the sound. This emulator can also emulate more than just the the single System 16 board because now you can play with System 18 games like Shadow Dancer. Support for several pre-System 16 games like Quartet II has been added. As a final bonus, some dual 68000 games like Hang-On and Space Harrier can be emulated as well.

 
Wrestle War
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The 68000 CPU is emulated using the Starscreamer engine programmed by Neil Corlett. It's a very fast and easy to use 68000 emulator fully programmed in AT&T (DJGPP) assembly.  The video hardware is also emulated. All the video features are programmed by Li Jih Hwa (known as NAO). The joystick and control buttons are emulated.

 
Golden Axe and Shinobi
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Games supported by The System 16 Emulator include:

Quartet II
Time Scanner
Alien Syndrome
Altered Beast
E-Swat (bootleg)
Golden Axe
Heavyweight Champ
Passing Shot (bootleg 2 players version)
S.D.I
Shinobi
Tetris (bootleg)
Tough Turf (bootleg)
Wonderboy III (bootleg)
Wrestle War
Shadow Dancer (Uk and Jp)
Alien Storm
Hang-On
Super Hang-On
Space Harrier
Out Run

Go to the System 16 homepage

This emulator can be downloaded directly from it's homepage.

NOTE: In order to run this emulator, you must have the emulator itself, and a copy of the ROM's from the original system.  The emulator itself is Freeware.  The ROM's are copyrighted by the programmer or the manufacturer. You are only legally entitled to do so if you own the actual game, or a PCB/ROM Cartridge from the game that you are emulating. If you decide to download ROM's to test out an emulator, you must delete the ROM's within 24 hours unless you own the equipment mentioned above.

ROM's may be found at many sites, including EMUCLASSICS.