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[[File:{{Infobox console|title = Pioneer LaserActive|logo = LaserActive.jpg|thumbdeveloper = Pioneer Corporation|The Pioneer LaserActivetype = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]|generation = Fourth generation|release = 1993|discontinued = 1996|emulated = {{✗ }}}}The '''[[gametech:Pioneer LaserActive|Pioneer LaserActive]]''' is a converged, fourth-generation device capable of playing LaserDiscs, 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 [[Mega Drive]] and [[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 $970 USD. 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.
