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{{Template:Infobox console
|image = [[Image:Pioneer_LaserActive.jpg|230px]]
|caption = Pioneer LaserActive CLD-A100
|Manufacturer = Pioneer Corporation
|Generation = Fifth generation
|Release date = 20 August 1993 (JP)
13 September 1993 (USA)
|Media type = CD, LD-ROM, cartridge
|Media Compatibility = [[TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine]]<br/>
[[TurboGrafx-CD]]<br/>
[[Sega CD|Sega Mega CD]]<br/>
[[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]]}}
The Pioneer LaserActive is a converged device and fifth-generation game console 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) accepts [[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] and [[TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine]] ROM cartridges and CD-ROMs.
Pioneer released the LaserActive model CLD-A100 in Japan on 20 August 1993 at a cost of ¥89,800, and in the United States on 13 September 1993 at a cost of US$970.
==Add-ons==
===PAC modules===
====Sega PAC (PAC-S10 / PAC-S1)====
*Pioneer Electronics (USA) and [[SEGA|Sega Enterprises]] released this module that allows users to play 8-inch and 12-inch LaserActive Mega LD discs, in addition to the hundreds of existing [[Sega CD]] and Genesis titles, as well as standard [[CD+G]] discs. It comes with the usual [[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]] controller pad signed with a gold Pioneer LaserActive logo on it. The retail price was US$ 600.
====NEC PAC (PAC-N10 / PAC-N1)====
*Pioneer Electronics (USA) and NEC Home Electronics released this module that allows users to play 8-inch and 12-inch LaserActive LD-ROM2 discs, as well as current TurboGrafx CD-ROM discs, game HuCards and CD+G discs. It comes with the usual [[TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine]] controller pad signed with a gold Pioneer LaserActive logo on it. The retail price was US$ 600.
====Karaoke PAC (PAC-K10 / PAC-K1)====
*This PAC allows the CLD-A100 to use all NTSC LaserKaraoke titles. The front panel has two microphone inputs with separated volume controls, as well as tone control. The retail price was US$ 350.
====Computer Interface PAC (PAC-PC1)====
*The Computer Interface PAC has an RS-232 port, enabling the CLD-A100 to be controlled by a custom software developed for a home computer. The PAC came with a 33-button infrared remote control providing more functionality than the 24-button remote included with the CLD-A100. It also included a computer program called LaserActive Program Editor on floppy disk for DOS and Mac OS.
===LaserActive 3-D Goggles===
*The LaserActive 3-D Goggles (model GOL-1) employ an active shutter 3D system compatible with at least four 3D-ready LD-ROM software titles: ''3-D Museum'' (1994), ''Vajra 2'' (1994), and ''Virtual Cameraman 2'' (1994), and ''3D Virtual Australia'' (1996). ''3D Virtual Australia'' was the last software title published for the LaserActive.
*The goggles are also compatible with the [[Sega Master System]], and are interchangeable with the [[SegaScope 3-D Glasses]]. A goggle adapter (model ADP-1), packaged and sold separately from the 3-D Goggles, enables the user to connect one or two pairs of goggles to the CLD-A100.
[[Category:Console]]
|image = [[Image:Pioneer_LaserActive.jpg|230px]]
|caption = Pioneer LaserActive CLD-A100
|Manufacturer = Pioneer Corporation
|Generation = Fifth generation
|Release date = 20 August 1993 (JP)
13 September 1993 (USA)
|Media type = CD, LD-ROM, cartridge
|Media Compatibility = [[TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine]]<br/>
[[TurboGrafx-CD]]<br/>
[[Sega CD|Sega Mega CD]]<br/>
[[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]]}}
The Pioneer LaserActive is a converged device and fifth-generation game console 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) accepts [[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis]] and [[TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine]] ROM cartridges and CD-ROMs.
Pioneer released the LaserActive model CLD-A100 in Japan on 20 August 1993 at a cost of ¥89,800, and in the United States on 13 September 1993 at a cost of US$970.
==Add-ons==
===PAC modules===
====Sega PAC (PAC-S10 / PAC-S1)====
*Pioneer Electronics (USA) and [[SEGA|Sega Enterprises]] released this module that allows users to play 8-inch and 12-inch LaserActive Mega LD discs, in addition to the hundreds of existing [[Sega CD]] and Genesis titles, as well as standard [[CD+G]] discs. It comes with the usual [[Sega Mega Drive/Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]] controller pad signed with a gold Pioneer LaserActive logo on it. The retail price was US$ 600.
====NEC PAC (PAC-N10 / PAC-N1)====
*Pioneer Electronics (USA) and NEC Home Electronics released this module that allows users to play 8-inch and 12-inch LaserActive LD-ROM2 discs, as well as current TurboGrafx CD-ROM discs, game HuCards and CD+G discs. It comes with the usual [[TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine]] controller pad signed with a gold Pioneer LaserActive logo on it. The retail price was US$ 600.
====Karaoke PAC (PAC-K10 / PAC-K1)====
*This PAC allows the CLD-A100 to use all NTSC LaserKaraoke titles. The front panel has two microphone inputs with separated volume controls, as well as tone control. The retail price was US$ 350.
====Computer Interface PAC (PAC-PC1)====
*The Computer Interface PAC has an RS-232 port, enabling the CLD-A100 to be controlled by a custom software developed for a home computer. The PAC came with a 33-button infrared remote control providing more functionality than the 24-button remote included with the CLD-A100. It also included a computer program called LaserActive Program Editor on floppy disk for DOS and Mac OS.
===LaserActive 3-D Goggles===
*The LaserActive 3-D Goggles (model GOL-1) employ an active shutter 3D system compatible with at least four 3D-ready LD-ROM software titles: ''3-D Museum'' (1994), ''Vajra 2'' (1994), and ''Virtual Cameraman 2'' (1994), and ''3D Virtual Australia'' (1996). ''3D Virtual Australia'' was the last software title published for the LaserActive.
*The goggles are also compatible with the [[Sega Master System]], and are interchangeable with the [[SegaScope 3-D Glasses]]. A goggle adapter (model ADP-1), packaged and sold separately from the 3-D Goggles, enables the user to connect one or two pairs of goggles to the CLD-A100.
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