Pioneer LaserActive
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| Developer | Pioneer Corporation |
|---|---|
| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Fourth generation |
| Release date | 1993 |
| Discontinued | 1996 |
| Emulated | ✗ |
The 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 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.
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. 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
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS CONSOLE THAT CAN RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES.
| Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | libretro | Accuracy | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC / x86 | |||||||
| MAME |    
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git artifacts[N 1] 0.260 libretro core[N 2] |
✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ (WIP) |
- ↑ CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos
- ↑ As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)
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:
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).[1]
Emulator developer Nemesis has made an effort to dump the games for the system (except for porn games).[2] Copies of the games sent to him will be dumped and then returned.[2]
