Waterworld (video game)

This article is about the video game based on the film Waterworld. For the Atari 2600 game released as part of the Swordquest series, see Swordquest.
Waterworld
Virtual Boy cover art
Developer(s)Ocean Software
PAM Development (GB)
Intelligent Games (PC)
Publisher(s)Ocean Software (VB, SNES, GB)
Interplay Productions (PC)
Designer(s)Steve Woita (VB)
Composer(s)Jon Dunn (VB)[3]
Dean Evans (SNES)[3]
Platform(s)Virtual Boy, Super NES, Game Boy, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
ReleaseSuper NES, Game Boy
Virtual Boy
MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
October 31, 1997[2]
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)1–9 players (alternating)

Waterworld is a series of video games released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Boy, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy, based on the film of the same name, along with unpublished versions for the Mega Drive/Genesis,[4] Sega Saturn,[5] Atari Jaguar, 3DO and PlayStation.[6] These games were produced by Ocean Software. The SNES and Game Boy games were released only in Europe in 1995 and the Virtual Boy game was released exclusively in North America in November 1995. It was released for PC in 1997. The game received widespread negative reviews and the version released for the Virtual Boy is generally considered to be the worst game of its 22 releases.

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  2. ^ "Waterworld (1997)". GameSpot. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Waterworld (Game)". VGMdb. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "6 Real Video Games That Were Too Insane To Release". Cracked. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-02-05. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Waterworld". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 83. Ziff Davis. June 1996. p. 93.
  6. ^ "Reportaje – Interplay entra de lleno en la nueva generación – Waterworld, un juego de aventuras, riesgo y supervivencia de la mano de Kevin Costner". Hobby Hi-Tech (in Spanish). No. 5. Axel Springer SE. July 1995. p. 57.