 "Manic Miner" is considered the quintessential "British game" for this reason, and since then, inspired similar games with the same type of British wit and humour through the present.Because video game consoles did not take hold in the UK during these formulative years, the video game crash of 1983 which struck the North America market has little impact on the video game industry in the UK.However, the video game industry in the UK during this period still had notable failures.