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Hortence:The Muleface Mod · 10-11-2006, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by bandit22

and ps3 is 599 US DOLLARS

It could be much worse, just pointing that out.

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The Pioneer CLD-A100 system was released in the United States on September 13, 1993 at the cost of US$970 and soon afterwards released three PACs.

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Sega PAC (PAC-S10/PAC-S1)
Pioneer Electronics (USA) and 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 was the most popular add-on bought by the greater part of the LaserActive owners, costing roughly US$ 600. It comes with the usual Mega Drive/Genesis controller pad signed with a gold Pioneer LaserActive logo on it.

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-ROM 2 discs, as well as current TurboGrafx CD-ROM discs, game HuCards and CD+G discs. This PAC is today one of the most sought after accessories for the system, and the Laserdisc compatible games are equally rare. Note: the Japanese version of the PAC is unable to play American HuCard games, and the same is valid the other way around. The retail price was US$ 600. It comes with the usual PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 controller pad signed with a gold Pioneer LaserActive logo on it.

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.

That's the pricing for the Pioneer Laseractive system. $970 for the base unit, and $600 for each additional unit. And unless you bought one of the other units, the system played absolutely no games out of the box. So, you would end up paying $2170 for a combination Sega/SegaCD/TurboGrafx/TurboCD, with the additional cost for the privelege of playing the Laseractive exclusive games for each system, which were absolutely horrendous.