Palcom MSX Laserdisc (msxlaserdisk)
for Batocera and Retrobat
LaserDisc is an optical disc technology, and looks like a very large CD-ROM. It was envisioned to be the future of Multimedia and was backed by amongst others Sony, Philips and Pioneer. While Philips never did anything with MSX and LaserDisc, Pioneer launched several MSX computers with integrated LaserDisc control ability, and various LaserDisc players.
While LaserDisc capable MSX systems from Pioneer were available in Japan, Europe and the US, commercially available software for the system was only published in Japan from 1984-1986 by the LaserDisc Corporation, a Pioneer subsidiary.
Later, Sony released exclusively in Europe a series of professional MSX2 computers with LaserDisc support, but no compatible software has been publicly released. One possible explanation is that this support was only used in-house by large media organisations which used these systems.
The package includes:
20 games (~16 GB)
How to install:
Drag and drop the "msxlaserdisk" folder to the Roms directory
For RetroBat set the emulator to “OpenMSX” And ungroup from MSX in the game collection menu.