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| − | |title = Pioneer LaserActive
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| − | |developer = Pioneer Corporation
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| − | |type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]
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| − | |generation = [[:Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles|Fourth generation]]
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| − | |release = 1993
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| − | |discontinued = 1996
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| − | }}The '''[[gametech:Pioneer LaserActive|Pioneer LaserActive]]''' is a converged, fourth-generation device capable of playing [[LaserDisc]]s, compact discs, console games, and LD-G karaoke discs. It was released by [[wikipedia:Pioneer_Corporation|Pioneer Corporation]] in 1993. In addition to LaserActive games, separately sold add-on modules (called "PACs" by Pioneer) accept [[Sega Genesis emulators|Mega Drive]] and [[PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators|PC Engine]] ROM cartridges and CD-ROMs.
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| − | 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 <abbr title="$1,679.50 in 2018 money">$970 USD</abbr>. NEC later released a cloned version of the system, the NEC PDE-LD1, which also accepted Pioneer's PAC modules. The LaserActive was a commercial failure.
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| − | ===Emulation issues===
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| − | The LaserActive Project wishes to document all LaserActive media. On their FAQ page, they have this to say about the possibility of creating a LaserActive emulator:
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| − | <blockquote>Emulation of the LaserActive, if attempted at all, would be an incredibly difficult task – due to the hybrid nature of the system's hardware (utilizing Sega/NEC hardware in synchronization with the unique LD player hardware) and the analog-digital composite image (analog video background, digital in-game graphics generated by said Sega/NEC hardware).<ref>https://laseractive.wordpress.com/faq/</ref></blockquote>
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| − | Emulator developer Nemesis has made an effort to dump the games for the system (except for porn games).<ref name="Nemesis">https://gendev.spritesmind.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1647&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0</ref> Copies of the games sent to him will be dumped and then returned.<ref name="Nemesis"/>
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [https://laseractive.wordpress.com/ LaserActive Preservation Project]
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| − | * [https://www.youtube.com/user/LAPProject LAPP YouTube page]
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