EarthBound
Released: 1994
Console: SNES / Super Famicom
Developer: Ape and HAL Laboratory

EarthBound is a role-playing game developed by Ape and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super NES, released in Japan as Mother 2 in 1994 and in North America in 1995. A boy called Ness investigates a meteorite that lands near his home in Onett and sets out to stop the alien Giygas.

Its setting is a parody of small-town America, with turn-based battles, rolling health counters and enemies ranging from angry dogs to street punks. It sold modestly in North America but has since become a cult classic.

A native PC port exists: EarthBound Native, a build of a C reimplementation of the game.

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EarthBound PC Ports

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