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Article mentions LaserActive. I remember going to my uncles house as a kid where he had one and I had no idea it existed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserActi

• dfxm12 1y ago
  Not many knew they existed! They are sought after by collectors, and fetch a pretty penny. At least they were when I was getting into PC Engine/TurboGrafx gear ~15 years ago. I'm sure it's even more now.
• wesfenlon 1y ago
  If you didn't catch the link, a couple issues earlier in the newsletter I did quite an in-depth dive into how emulator developer Nemesis spent the last 15 years finally making it possible to emulate LaserActive games! Much longer than the MAME story if you enjoy the technical stuff :) https://www.readonlymemo.com/this-is-the-first-the-16-year-odyssey-of-time-money-wrong-turns-and-frustration-it-took-to-finally-emulate-the-pioneer-laseractive/ https://www.readonlymemo.com/this-is-the-first-the-16-year-o... (And if you don't enjoy the technical stuff, well, now you can actually download some of those laserdisc games you apparently didn't get to play as a kid, haha!)