![]() LaserActive CLD-A100 with the Sega Genesis module | |
Manufacturer | Pioneer Corporation |
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Product family | LaserDisc |
Type | Converged device, home video game console |
Generation | Fourth |
Release date | |
Lifespan | 1993–1996 |
Introductory price | ¥89,800 $970.00 |
Discontinued | 1996 |
Units sold | est. 10,000[1] |
Media | LD-ROM, CD-ROM, ROM cartridge, Hucard |
Controller input |
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Backward compatibility |
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The LaserActive (レーザーアクティブ, RēzāAkutibu) is a converged device and fourth-generation home video game console capable of playing LaserDiscs, Compact Discs, console games, and LD-G karaoke discs. It was released by Pioneer Corporation in 1993. In addition to LaserActive games, separately sold add-on modules (called "PACs" by Pioneer) accept Mega Drive/Genesis and PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 ROM cartridges and CD-ROMs.
Pioneer released the LaserActive model CLD-A100 in Japan on August 20, 1993, at a cost of ¥89,800, and in the United States on September 13, 1993, at a cost of $970. An NEC-branded version of the LaserActive player known as the LD-ROM² System, or model PCE-LD1, was released in December 1993, which was priced identically to the original system and also accepted Pioneer's PAC modules.[2] The LaserActive has no regional lockout, allowing software from any region to be played on any system.[3]
External links[]
- Pioneer LaserActive at Computer Closet
- Pioneer LaserActive at laserdiscarchive.co.uk
- LaserActive Preservation Project
Fourth-generation video game consoles (1987–1995) | ||
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Home | Commodore CDTV • Neo Geo • Neo Geo CD • Philips CD-i LaserActive • Sega Genesis • Sega Pico • Super A'Can • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNS-101) • TurboGrafx-16 | |
Handheld | Game Boy family (Game Boy) • Atari Lynx • Game Gear • TurboExpress • Gamate • Watara Supervision • Mega Duck/Cougar Boy • Game Master |
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- ↑ "Console Histories". Pink Gorrilla LLC. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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: - ↑ "International News". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Sendai Publishing) (54): 94. January 1994.
- ↑ "LaserActive Is Compatible". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Sendai Publishing) (54): 22. January 1994.