August 20, 1993 · Computer or hardware
Pioneer LaserActive (1993)
A modular LaserDisc player that played Sega and NEC games through PAC add-on modules.
Launched in Japan on August 20, 1993 at 89,800 yen and in North America on September 13 at $970. Optional Mega-LD and LD-ROM2 PACs added Genesis/Sega CD and PC Engine play. Only about 10,000 sold, with 31 titles released, and it was dropped in 1996.
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Facts
- Date
- August 20, 1993
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Pioneer
- Media
- LaserDisc, CD, Mega-LD, LD-ROM2
- Units sold
- about 10,000
- Generation
- 5th
- First sold in
- Japan
- Notable games
- Mega-LD titles; LD-ROM2 titles
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