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Pioneer Laseractive magazine ad with Sonic No doubt it has something to do with Sonic CD

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I was sorting through a Sonic box of mine and I found this magazine ad. Unfortunately the second page is missing and I don't know what mag it's from. It shows Sonic with CDs as well as a console picture with a Sega-like controller.

I thought this was pretty neat but mysterious and likely Sonic CD oriented. Does anyone know anything more about it?


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Interesting. It sounds like it was a Laserdisk player that allowed console add ons in cartridge form, or something. The controller is the same as the one that shipped with the Genesis 3.

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QUOTE (Mad Echidna @ Dec 11 2009, 07:38 PM)
The controller is the same as the one that shipped with the Genesis 3.

And the one that came with the Saturn.

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That Laseractive machine had add-ons that allowed one to play 1) MD and Mega CD and 2) PC-Engine games (not sure about PC-Engine CD-ROM games). There also were "Mega LDs", MD games on Laserdisc or so, FMV games most likely. Google should help...

EDIT: Yeah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_LaserActive
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Oh, really? The saturn just used the redesigned Genesis controller? Interesting. Was the plug the same?

Seeing all this laserdisk stuff just makes me amazed that Pioneer ever thought anyone would pay that kind of money for a fucking disk. I remember seeing a copy of some animated movie that took place in central park at Media Play for like $100 when I was a kid.
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Alright. Great info! Well since Sonic is in the ad, would that probably be in reference to Sonic CD? It is a 1993 ad so I figured it was.

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QUOTE (Mad Echidna @ Dec 11 2009, 02:27 PM)
Oh, really? The saturn just used the redesigned Genesis controller? Interesting. Was the plug the same?

Seeing all this laserdisk stuff just makes me amazed that Pioneer ever thought anyone would pay that kind of money for a fucking disk. I remember seeing a copy of some animated movie that took place in central park at Media Play for like $100 when I was a kid.

"A Troll in Central Park" was on laserdisc? :O

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QUOTE (Mobiethian @ Dec 11 2009, 03:34 PM)
Alright. Great info! Well since Sonic is in the ad, would that probably be in reference to Sonic CD? It is a 1993 ad so I figured it was.
Well... it would make sense since this was compatible with the SEGA-CD.

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QUOTE (Mobiethian @ Dec 11 2009, 12:34 PM)
Alright. Great info! Well since Sonic is in the ad, would that probably be in reference to Sonic CD? It is a 1993 ad so I figured it was.


The Laser Active could play both Sega Genesis and Sega CD games when it was released, provided you had the megadrive adapter. The ad is probably referencing sonic himself.

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QUOTE (Cooljerk @ Dec 12 2009, 08:44 AM)
QUOTE (Mobiethian @ Dec 11 2009, 12:34 PM)
Alright. Great info! Well since Sonic is in the ad, would that probably be in reference to Sonic CD? It is a 1993 ad so I figured it was.


The Laser Active could play both Sega Genesis and Sega CD games when it was released, provided you had the megadrive adapter. The ad is probably referencing sonic himself.


That makes more sense. I'm glad to know some more about it now.
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