No secret to games success for 9th Impact

An Irish games firm is tapping into 1980s cartoon characters to fund its growth, writes Trish Dromey

With the addition of a seasonal, carrot-rocket-firing Santa to its game, Galway games start-up 9th Impact is expecting a surge in downloads of its Danger Mouse app this Christmas.

Since its launch in August the app, based on TV cartoon character Danger Mouse (‘the world’s greatest secret agent’) has, according to 9th Impact chief executive and co-founder Mark Quick, already been played over one million times.