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The Pioneer "CLD-A100" system was released in the United States the 13 September 1993 and costs originally 970 US dollars. Someone says it was "an expensive toy for rich boys". Sure! Because with the main unit you can only to see NTSC Laserdisc movies and audio CDs. Pioneer released at the same time 3 expensive optional modules that allow to do more things if inserted into the main unit. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Here the three optional modules called "PACs":

1) SEGA PAC - "PAC-S10"(USA version) or "PAC-S1" (JAP version):

Pioneer Electronics (USA) with SEGA Enterprises released this module that allow users to play 8-inch and 12-inch LaserActive Mega LD discs, in addition to the hundreds of existing SEGA CDs and Genesis ROM cartridges, and standard CD+G discs. It was the most popular add-on that the greater part of the Laseractive owners bought at the price of 600 US dollars! It comes with the usual Mega Drive/Sega Genesis's controller pad signed with a gold Pioneer Laseractive mark on it. Sega MegaDrive 2 European version with joypad, game cart + box Sega Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ Mega Doraibu) was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega. ... The Sega Genesis is a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in North America in 1989. ...

2) NEC PAC - "PAC-N10"(USA version) or "PAC-N1" (JAP version):

Pioneer Electronics (USA) with NEC Home Electronics released this module that allow users to play 8-inch and 12-inch LaserActive "LD-ROM 2" discs, as well as current Turbo Graphx CD-ROM discs and game cartridges and CD+G discs. This PAC is today really hard to find like its Laserdiscs compatible games. Note: the Jap Version of the PAC can't play USA NEC cartridge games; viceversa for the USA version does exist a third part universal cartridge adapter that allow to play all the JAP titles. The retail price was 600 US dollars. It comes with the usual PC-Engine/TurboGrafx's controller pad signed with a gold Pioneer Laseractive mark on it. The PC Engine was a video game console released by NEC, a Japanese company, in 1987. ... For information on the Japanese version of this console, see PC Engine The TurboGrafx-16 was a video game console released by NEC in 1989, for the North American market. ...

3) KARAOKE PAC - "PAC-K10"(USA version) or "PAC-K1" (JAP version):

With this nice PAC the CLD-A100 allow to fully enjoy all NTSC LaserKaraoke titles. The front panel has two microphone inputs with separated volume control, and intonation control. The retail price was 350 US dollars.