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Currently, there are no emulators for LaserActive games.
{{Infobox console|title = Pioneer LaserActive|logo = laser.png|developer = Pioneer Corporation|type = [[File:LaserActive.jpgCategory:Consoles|thumbHome video game console]]|The Pioneer LaserActivegeneration = [[:Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles|Fourth generation]]|release = 1993|discontinued = 1996|emulated = {{~}}}}The '''[[gametech:Pioneer LaserActive|Pioneer LaserActive]]''' is a converged, fourth-generation device capable of playing LaserDiscs[[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.
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.
==Emulators==
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===Emulation issues===
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:
<blockquote>Emulation of the LaserActive, if attempted at all, would be an incredibly difficult task – due to the hybrid nature of the system’s 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>
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 and will be dumped and then sent backreturned.<ref name="Nemesis"/>
==References==
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Not yet emulatedFourth-generation video game consoles]]
