Hacker Controls Drone With a Game Boy

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Hacker Controls Drone With a Game Boy

August 30, 2016 Laura Kelly

Drones have been a hot topic lately. Heralded as the future of flight tech, or big brother’s best friend, these drones have caused some division amongst security agencies. However, regardless of your stance, there is one thing all nerds agree upon; they’re pretty freaking cool! So what happens if we connect some future tech with […]

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Pokémon Red And Blue Theme – Junichi Masuda – Track Of The Day

July 28, 2016 Brian Dooley

Pokémania seems to have taking back over the world again with Pokémon GO, so let’s go back to where it all began. 1996 saw the release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green in Japan. It proved so popular that an enhanced version was made and sold internationally as Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue in 1997. […]

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Gif Essay: I Feel Old At 22

June 21, 2016 Laura Kelly

No matter how much we try to run from it, age catches up to all of us. Some of us accept it gracefully, while others will inject everything from coconut oil to snail slime directly into our veins in order to stave it off. My method up until recently has been to ignore the ticking […]

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Find Out Which Starter Pokémon Best Suits You!

February 27, 2016 Declan Doody

Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow have returned spectacularly and it's got us thinking! Not just about who we're going to be picking as our starter but more importantly just which Pokémon we'd be! Take our quiz and see which one suits your personality!

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Banjo Guy Ollie – Route 1 Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow

September 13, 2015 Declan Doody

I don’t know why but today is a day for Pokémon. It might be something to do with the mind blowing, life changing, [insert other totally dramatic phrase here!] that a new Pokémon game is on the way called Pokémon Go or maybe it has something to do with the fact that I’ve done nothing else today […]

Banjo Guy Ollie – Super Mario Land

October 13, 2014 Declan Doody

Does it get more retro than this? No, it really doesn’t and Banjo Guy Ollie adds a little Irish flair to the Italian plumbers adventure – tin whistle, yep it’s there, the bodhránn, yeah that’s there too! Super Mario Land was developed for the Nintendo Gameboy, both released in Japan on the 21st April 1989, […]

Weekly Recap 04/08/2014

August 4, 2014 Ciaran Nolan

Missed out all the big news from the week? Fret not! I have you covered with the weekly recap of all the big and not so big news! https://www.the-arcade.ie/2014/07/legend-of-korra-gameplay-footage/ https://www.the-arcade.ie/2014/07/rise-of-incarnates-beta-sign-up-details-announced/ https://www.the-arcade.ie/2014/07/new-assassins-creed-trailer-reveals-a-new-female-character/ https://www.the-arcade.ie/2014/07/destiny-beta-concludes-largest-beta-this-console-gen/ https://www.the-arcade.ie/2014/07/activision-reveal-call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-collectors-editions/ https://www.the-arcade.ie/2014/07/hyrule-warriors-nintendo-direct-coming-august-5th/ https://www.the-arcade.ie/2014/08/digimon-all-star-rumble/ https://www.the-arcade.ie/2014/08/friday-five-at-five-news-you-might-have-missed-2/ Mystery Bioware project gets another trailer Last week Bioware released a mysterious trailer for a new project they are […]

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Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Announced

May 7, 2014 Ciaran Nolan

In a bit of unexpected news today, Nintendo has announced Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire for the 3DS. These two titles will be remakes of the original gameboy titles, Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. The games will release in November this year. Nintendo released a press release about the two titles. Ciaran Nolan

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Should we really be worried about Nintendo?

February 3, 2014 Anthony McGlynn

Recent reports suggest that gaming giant Nintendo are in trouble, it's Wii U console is suffering; failing to meet with its competitors and now fans and gamers are beginning to question the future of the company and it's place within the community. Anthony looks at the 'crisis' and whether or not Nintendo can pull through this after all this time!

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Top Ten Creepiest Pokémon

October 17, 2013 Declan Doody

They lurk in abandoned houses! They drift aimlessly down forgotten roads! They hide in shadows waiting and watching! They are lost souls trapped inside old heirlooms! We're not talking Stephen King, this is Pokémon and it's about to get creepy!

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