lˈaɪk ˈɔːl ˈʌðɚ vˈɜːtʃuːəl bˈɔɪ ɡˈeɪmz, wˈɔːɾɚwˌɜːld jˈuːsᵻz ɐ ɹˈɛdændblˈæk kˈʌlɚ skˈiːm ænd jˈuːsᵻz pˈæɹəlˌæks, ɐn ˈɑːptɪkəl tɹˈɪk ðæt ɪz jˈuːzd tə sˈɪmjʊlˌeɪt ɐ θɹˈiː dˈiː ɪfˈɛkt.
Like all other Virtual Boy games, Waterworld uses a red-and-black color scheme and uses parallax, an optical trick that is used to simulate a 3D effect.