<s>
The	O
Watara	B-General_Concept
Supervision	I-General_Concept
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
QuickShot	B-General_Concept
Supervision	I-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
monochrome	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
,	O
originating	O
from	O
Asia	O
,	O
and	O
introduced	O
in	O
1992	O
as	O
a	O
cut-price	O
competitor	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
came	O
packaged	O
with	O
a	O
game	O
called	O
Crystball	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Breakout	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
played	O
in	O
this	O
way	O
would	O
display	O
in	O
four	O
colors	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
add-on	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
machine	O
garnered	O
some	O
attention	O
at	O
launch	O
(	O
mainly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
low	O
price	O
for	O
the	O
machine	O
and	O
its	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
many	O
felt	O
might	O
enable	O
it	O
to	O
make	O
inroads	O
into	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
market	O
share	O
)	O
it	O
was	O
ultimately	O
unsuccessful	O
in	O
unseating	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
from	O
its	O
position	O
as	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
most	O
popular	O
handheld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
against	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
popular	O
franchises	O
(	O
Zelda	B-Application
,	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
Metroid	B-Device
)	O
and	O
those	O
of	O
its	O
third	O
parties	O
(	O
Castlevania	B-Application
,	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
)	O
-	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
eventually	O
surfaced	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
-	O
the	O
Supervision	O
's	O
games	O
were	O
of	O
little	O
interest	O
to	O
most	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Watara	B-General_Concept
Supervision	I-General_Concept
's	O
main	O
marketing	O
point	O
was	O
its	O
low	O
price	O
;	O
the	O
Supervision	O
was	O
US	O
$49.95	O
in	O
1992	O
while	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
was	O
US	O
$89.99	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
for	O
the	O
Supervision	O
were	O
also	O
much	O
cheaper	O
than	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
,	O
and	O
advertisements	O
emphasized	O
this	O
price	O
difference	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
British	O
ad	O
for	O
the	O
Supervision	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
affordable	O
hand-held	O
games	O
machine	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
bundled	O
with	O
headphones	O
,	O
batteries	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Breakout	B-Application
clone	I-Application
titled	O
Crystball	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
keep	O
their	O
costs	O
down	O
,	O
Watara	O
farmed	O
out	O
the	O
international	O
marketing	O
and	O
distribution	O
to	O
third	O
parties	O
leading	O
to	O
various	O
versions	O
including	O
the	O
QuickShot	B-General_Concept
Supervision	I-General_Concept
,	O
Travell	O
Mate	O
,	O
Hartung	O
SV-100	O
,	O
and	O
Electrolab	O
in	O
Argentina	O
,	O
under	O
two	O
different	O
models	O
:	O
the	O
Supervision	O
(	O
in	O
a	O
form	O
factor	O
resembling	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
)	O
and	O
the	O
Hipervision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
the	O
Supervision	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Basic	O
packaging	O
option	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
more	O
affordable	O
,	O
costing	O
only	O
ten	O
dollars	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
Supervision	O
;	O
this	O
undermined	O
the	O
Supervision	O
's	O
'	O
budget	O
 '	O
marketing	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Supervision	O
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
television	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
a	O
larger	O
screen	O
to	O
play	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screen	O
:	O
61mm	O
×	O
61mm	O
(	O
2.37inches	O
×	O
2.37inches	O
)	O
,	O
160	O
×	O
160	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
,	O
4	O
greys	O
LCD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
no	O
hardware	O
video	O
acceleration	O
,	O
graphics	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
drawn	O
by	O
software	O
to	O
a	O
framebuffer	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Communication	O
port	O
:	O
Two	O
Player	O
Link	O
using	O
DE-9	B-Protocol
connector	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
consoles	O
,	O
the	O
Watara	B-General_Concept
Supervision	I-General_Concept
has	O
lived	O
on	O
through	O
emulation	B-Application
(	O
see	O
MESS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
