Editing LaserActive (section)

{{short description|Video game console}}
{{Infobox information appliance
| logo = LaserActive logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| image = Pioneer-LaserActive-Set-FL.jpg
| caption = LaserActive CLD-A100 with the Sega Genesis PAC module installed
| aka = NEC LD-ROM² System 
| manufacturer = [[Pioneer Corporation]]
| family = [[LaserDisc]]
| type = [[Technological convergence|Converged device]], [[home video game console]]
| generation = [[History of video game consoles (fourth generation)|Fourth]]
| releasedate = {{Video game release
  |JP|August 20, 1993
  |NA|September 13, 1993
  }}
| price = {{Unbulleted indent list
  | {{JPY|89800|1993|round=0}}
  | {{USD|970|1993|round=0}}
  }}
| discontinued = 1996
| unitssold = est. 10,000
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| media = {{Unbulleted indent list
  | Native: [[LaserDisc]], [[CD]]
  | With LD-ROM² PAC: {{nowrap|[[LD-ROM]]}} (LD{{nbhyph}}ROM²), {{nowrap|[[CD-ROM]]}} ({{nowrap|[[CD-ROM²]]}}), [[Hucard]]
  | With Mega-LD PAC: {{nowrap|[[LD-ROM]]}} (Mega{{nbhyph}}LD), {{nowrap|[[CD-ROM]]}} ({{nowrap|[[Mega-CD]]}}/{{nowrap|[[Sega CD]]}}), [[Sega Genesis]]/[[Mega Drive]] cartridges
  }}
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| controllers = {{Unbulleted indent list
  | Sega Genesis 6-Button Controller
  | Turbografx-16 Controller
  }}
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The {{nihongo|'''LaserActive'''|レーザーアクティブ|Rēzā Akutibu|lead=yes}} is a hybrid [[LaserDisc player]] and [[home video game console]] released by [[Pioneer Corporation]] in 1993. Marketed as a high-end, modular entertainment system, it was designed to combine movies, music, and video games into a single unit. Out of the box, the base unit could natively play standard [[LaserDisc|LaserDiscs]] and [[Compact discs]], but support for video games required optional expansion modules known as PACs. Each PAC enabled compatibility with a specific gaming platform and its media formats.

With the Mega-LD PAC, the system could play exclusive Mega-LD discs (a proprietary [[LD-ROM]] format), as well as [[Sega Genesis/Mega Drive]] cartridges and [[Sega CD/Mega CD|Sega CD/Mega-CD]] discs. With the LD-ROM² PAC, it supported exclusive LD-ROM² discs, along with [[HuCard]] cartridges and [[CD-ROM²]] discs for the [[PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16]]. The LaserActive was the only system capable of playing LD-ROM game discs, which were not cross-compatible between PACs.

Pioneer released LaserActive model CLD-A100 in Japan on August 20, 1993, for {{JPY|89800|1993|round=0}}, and in North America on September 13, 1993, for {{USD|970|1993|round=0}}. An [[NEC]]-branded version of the player, the LD-ROM² System (model PCE-LD1), launched in December 1993 at the same price and was fully compatible with Pioneer's PAC modules.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 1994 |title=International News |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |publisher=Sendai Publishing |page=94 |issue=54}}</ref> The LaserActive was discontinued in 1996, with approximately 10,000 units sold.<ref name="sales">{{cite web |date=2007-12-03 |title=Console Histories |url=http://www.pinkgorillagames.com/console_histories |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211202811/http://www.pinkgorillagames.com/console_histories |archive-date=2015-02-11 |accessdate=2014-08-12 |publisher=Pink Gorrilla LLC}}</ref>