A video game system for executing any one of a plurality of selectable video game programs, said video game programs including commands for accessing a first type memory media comprising: a second type memory media for storing a plurality of video game programs and at least one game selection menu generating program; video game processing circuitry for accessing a user selected video game program and for executing the selected video game program; said video game processing circuitry outputting commands of the type associated with said first type memory media; and mode control logic operatively coupled to said video game processing circuitry for detecting at least certain of said commands associated with said first memory type received from said video game processing circuitry, wherein said mode control logic in response to at least one of said commands associated with said first type memory media, is adapted for processing said at least one of said commands to enable accessing information on said second type memory media and to enable at least one video game-related processing mode; wherein said second type memory media includes a plurality of partitions including a partition for storing the at least one game selection menu generating program and a plurality of partitions for storing the plurality of video game programs as respective virtual disks associated with the first media type; wherein said virtual disk associated with said game selection menu generating program is accessed as it is powered up and permits a user said selection of one of a plurality of video games for play that is communicated via a particular pattern of disk reads or seeks as to which virtual disk associated with the selected video game should now be active; wherein said mode control logic includes logic for detecting if the command associated with said first memory type media is in the form of said particular pattern of disk reads or seeks and includes address switching logic for changing in response to the detection of said particular pattern the addressing mode of an address translation logic associated with the second type memory media such that the next said accessing of information on said second media type by said video game processing circuitry will be from the appropriate virtual disk. a second type memory media for storing a plurality of video game programs and at least one game selection menu generating program; video game processing circuitry for accessing a user selected video game program and for executing the selected video game program; said video game processing circuitry outputting commands of the type associated with said first type memory media; and mode control logic operatively coupled to said video game processing circuitry for detecting at least certain of said commands associated with said first memory type received from said video game processing circuitry, wherein said mode control logic in response to at least one of said commands associated with said first type memory media, is adapted for processing said at least one of said commands to enable accessing information on said second type memory media and to enable at least one video game-related processing mode;