Video game console hacking

Like most IT people, I like video games.  Over the years, I have used and played several video game consoles (still have them).  Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Playstation, etc.  Personally, I like using them over playing video games on PCs, because its easy to just launch the game and play.

Overtime, especially in recent years, these video game systems have gotten more and more powerful, rivaling and I think exceeding, the power of most PCs.  Suped up CPUs and graphics, harddrives, BluRay discs, etc.  Then the more recent systems from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have gone on-line.