LaserActive

LaserActive
LaserActive CLD-A100 with the Sega Genesis module
ManufacturerPioneer Corporation
Product familyLaserDisc
TypeConverged device, home video game console
GenerationFourth
Release date
  • JP: August 20, 1993
  • NA: September 13, 1993
Lifespan1993–1996
Introductory price¥89,800
$970.00
Discontinued1996
Units soldest. 10,000[1]
MediaLD-ROM, CD-ROM, ROM cartridge, Hucard
Controller input
  • Sega Genesis 6-Button Controller
  • Turbografx-16 Controller
Backward
compatibility

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]

  1. ^ "Console Histories". Pink Gorrilla LLC. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  2. ^ "International News". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 54. Sendai Publishing. January 1994. p. 94.
  3. ^ "LaserActive Is Compatible". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 54. Sendai Publishing. January 1994. p. 22.