 The growth of video games in the UK during this period was comparable to the punk subculture, fueled by young people making money from their games.One of the earliest such successful titles was "Manic Miner", developed and released by Matthew Smith in 1983, sold by Bug-Byte, one of the first publishers in this market.While a loose clone of the United States-developed "Miner 2049er", "Manic Miner" incorporated elements of British humour and other oddities.