<s>
Waterworld	B-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
unpublished	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
,	O
3DO	B-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNES	B-Application
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
were	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
1995	O
and	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
game	O
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
November	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
widespread	O
negative	O
reviews	O
and	O
the	O
version	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
worst	O
game	O
of	O
its	O
22	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
3D	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
All-Range	O
Mode	O
in	O
Star	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
64	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
keep	O
them	O
from	O
being	O
captured	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
shoot	O
the	O
Smokers	O
using	O
the	O
L	O
and	O
R	O
buttons	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
controller	O
while	O
moving	O
around	O
with	O
either	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
directional	O
pads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
other	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
,	O
Waterworld	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
red-and-black	O
color	O
scheme	O
and	O
uses	O
parallax	B-Device
,	O
an	O
optical	O
trick	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
simulate	O
a	O
3D	O
effect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiplayer	O
functionality	O
was	O
originally	O
advertised	O
for	O
this	O
version	O
of	O
Waterworld	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
's	O
link	O
cable	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
was	O
not	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waterworld	B-Application
for	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
PAL	O
territories	O
,	O
but	O
an	O
NTSC	O
version	O
had	O
been	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
December	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
given	O
a	O
lengthy	O
preview	O
in	O
that	O
month	O
's	O
issue	O
of	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
PAL	O
regions	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
,	O
this	O
too	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
December	O
,	O
receiving	O
a	O
short	O
preview	O
in	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
port	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
was	O
also	O
produced	O
by	O
Ocean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cancelled	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
to	O
feature	O
a	O
3D	O
virtual	O
ocean	O
with	O
a	O
dynamic	O
surface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cancelled	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
version	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
early	O
1995	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
1995	O
an	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1995	O
,	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
garnered	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
Waterworld	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
personal	O
computers	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waterworld	B-Application
received	O
predominantly	O
negative	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
was	O
also	O
poorly	O
received	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
been	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
French	O
magazine	O
Consoles	O
+	O
considered	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
,	O
scoring	O
it	O
an	O
83%	O
and	O
praising	O
its	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
while	O
criticizing	O
its	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
gathered	O
particularly	O
negative	O
reviews	O
for	O
its	O
poor	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
author	O
of	O
The	O
Ultimate	O
History	O
of	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
Steven	O
L	O
.	O
Kent	O
,	O
considers	O
Waterworld	B-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
worst	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seanbaby	O
called	O
Waterworld	B-Application
"	O
the	O
most	O
horrible	O
thing	O
to	O
ever	O
be	O
put	O
inside	O
a	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
