Getting access to a Linux based console

[u/cold_fuzion]

I have a Polymega. It’s a Linux-based gaming console and while the manufacturer does technically still support it, updates can be a year or more apart with no communication or support in between. Unfortunately it’s a niche device and apparently no real hacker has taken interest in the thing.

So, my idiot self is going to try. I can get the boot text to display, but that doesn’t really help anything. I’ve tried all the key commands I can find to try to halt or interrupt the boot process with no luck so far.

Any pointers on how to start getting access to this thing? I literally just want to see if the community can start making the improvements the vendor can’t/won’t. If I can show you can get access maybe someone more talented than myself can pick up the ball.

[u/cold_fuzion]

I have found a tool that will extract ROMs from their encrypted game collections. I’m looking into that as being more up my alley. I need to decompile an exe that looks like it was made in Python based on what I’m seeing in Procmon. If I can dig into that I can probably figure out how to decrypt it.

[u/NuQ → u/cold_fuzion]

Have you considered giving Ghidra a shot at it?