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[[File:LaserActive.jpg{{Infobox console|thumb|The title = Pioneer LaserActive]]The '''Pioneer LaserActive''' is a converged device and fourth-generation capable of playing Laserdiscs, Compact Discs, console games, and LD-G karaoke discs|logo = laser. It was released by png|developer = Pioneer Corporation in 1993. In addition to LaserActive games, separately sold add-on modules (called "PACs" by Pioneer) accepts Sega |type = [[Mega Drive:Category:Home consoles|Home video game console]] and |generation = [[PC Engine:Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles|Fourth generation]] ROM cartridges and CD-ROMs.|release = 1993|discontinued = 1996|emulated = {{~}}
Currently there are no emulators for LaserActive games.
Emulation Developer Emulator developer Nemesis has made an effort to dump the games for the system (except for porn games). <ref name="Nemesis">httphttps://gendev.spritesmind.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1647&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0</ref> Copies of the games will be sent to him will be dumped and then sent backreturned.<ref name="Nemesis"/>
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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. 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 ${{Inflation|USD|970|1993}}. 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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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! colspan="8"|PC / x86
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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>httphttps://laseractive.wordpress.com/faq/</ref></blockquote>
==References==
==External links==
* http[https://laseractive.wordpress.com/LaserActive Preservation Project]* [https://www.youtube.com/user/LAPProjectLAPP YouTube page]
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Home consoles]]
[[Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles]]
