Industry | Web and mobile games |
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Founded | 2002 |
Founder | Peter Lynch |
Defunct | 2009 |
Headquarters | Ireland |
Eirplay was an Irish computer game company founded by Peter Lynch. [1] The company developed web and mobile games (J2ME [2] ) for a variety of platforms and publishers. It was founded in 2002 and ceased trading in 2009. [3] Eirplay was based in the Digital Hub, [4] Dublin, Ireland. [5] [6] The company published games for both the Irish market and international mobile games marketplace. [7]
Distributors: Handango, AirGames, SSG, Selatra, Eirborne, Trust5
Company legal status: Private limited company
Directors: Michael Lynch; Peter Lynch [8]
Mobile Java (J2ME) Games produced by Eirplay [9] | Year |
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Claw | 2004 |
Crazy Crèche | 2003 |
Monster Madness [10] | 2003 |
Khofu | 2005 |
Dropkick [11] | 2004 |
Strike Attack | 2005 |
Toxic Terrors | 2006 |
Pitstop | 2006 |
Whack a Maoi | 2006 |
Sep 2003 - Eirplay wins a commendation award at the Hothouse (Dublin Institute of Technology) Awards for Best Start-up Company. [12]
Jan 2004 - The company wins ‘Game Developer of the Year’ at the O2 Digital Media Awards [13]
Nov 2007 - Eirplay wins the Eircom Web Innovation Award with Playza [1] [14] [15]
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