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 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 |
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| 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 |
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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]
- ^ "Console Histories". Pink Gorrilla LLC. 2007-12-03. Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ^ "International News". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 54. Sendai Publishing. January 1994. p. 94.