LaserActive
LaserActive CLD-A100 with the Sega Genesis module
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| Manufacturer | Pioneer Corporation |
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| Product family | Laserdisc |
| Type | Converged device, home video game console |
| Generation | Fourth generation |
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| Introductory price | ¥89,800 $970.00 |
| Discontinued | 1996 |
| Units sold | est. 10,000 |
| Media | LD-ROM, CD-ROM, ROM cartridge |
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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) accepts 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, the PCE-LD1, was released on December 1993, which was priced identically to the original system and also accepted Pioneer's PAC modules. The LaserActive has no regional lockout, allowing software from any region to be played on any system.
In the headings below, the Japanese model number occurs first, followed by the North American model number.
The LaserActive 3-D Goggles (model GOL-1) employ an active shutter 3D system compatible with at least four 3D-ready LD-ROM software titles: 3-D Museum (1994), Vajra 2 (1994), and Virtual Cameraman 2 (1994), and 3D Virtual Australia (1996). 3D Virtual Australia was the last software title published for the LaserActive.
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