<s>
Sharp	B-Application
Shot	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Mattel	O
for	O
its	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
video	O
game	O
system	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifically	O
marketed	O
towards	O
younger	O
children	O
,	O
Sharp	B-Application
Shot	I-Application
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
four	O
simple	O
games	O
where	O
the	O
object	O
is	O
to	O
score	O
points	O
by	O
correctly	O
timing	O
shots	O
at	O
various	O
targets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharp	B-Application
Shot	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
four	O
separate	O
games	O
:	O
Football	O
Passing	O
,	O
Space	O
Gunner	O
,	O
Submarine	O
and	O
Maze	O
Shoot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
each	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
must	O
push	O
the	O
controller	O
's	O
action	B-Application
button	O
at	O
the	O
right	O
time	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
successfully	O
connect	O
with	O
the	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
do	O
not	O
control	O
the	O
movement	O
of	O
their	O
on-screen	O
character	O
,	O
and	O
must	O
simply	O
press	O
the	O
action	B-Application
button	O
when	O
a	O
target	O
passes	O
in	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
that	O
would	O
become	O
Sharp	B-Application
Shot	I-Application
were	O
originally	O
used	O
for	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
interactive	O
television	O
known	O
as	O
TV	O
POWWW	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
home	O
players	O
called	O
into	O
local	O
television	O
stations	O
to	O
play	O
for	O
prizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
TV	O
POWWW	O
software	O
were	O
written	O
by	O
the	O
staff	O
at	O
APh	B-Operating_System
Technological	I-Operating_System
Consulting	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
company	O
hired	O
by	O
Mattel	B-Operating_System
Electronics	I-Operating_System
to	O
develop	O
the	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
for	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Mattel	O
's	O
marketing	O
department	O
agreed	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Mattel	O
's	O
vice	O
presidents	O
complained	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
too	O
simplistic	O
and	O
that	O
consumers	O
would	O
complain	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
graphically	O
no	O
different	O
than	O
earlier	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
rival	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharp	B-Application
Shot	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Application
Lives	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Room	I-Device
service	O
.	O
</s>
