Pioneer LaserActive Guide
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The Pioneer LaserActive also known as the NEC LD-ROM² System is a hybrid LaserDisc player and gaming console released by Pioneer in 1993. Software was distributed on proprietary LD-ROM discs which stored up to 540MB of digital data per side. LD-ROMs also included a section for analog audio/video, often used for full-motion video cutscenes. Games required specific expansion modules (PACs) depending on if they were Mega LD (Sega Mega CD hardware) or LD-ROM² (NEC PC Engine hardware). Redump.info only handles the digital portion of LD-ROMs, whereas the analog portions are handled by other projects such as TOSEC and No-Intro.