# EarthBound

> EarthBound is the 1994 SNES role-playing game known as Mother 2 in Japan, in which Ness and his friends stop the alien Giygas from destroying the world.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/snes/games/earthbound/
Page updated: 2026-09-30

- Console: SNES / Super Famicom
- Released: 1994
- 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.

## EarthBound PC Ports

- [EarthBound Native](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/snes/games/earthbound/ports/earthboundnative/index.md): EarthBound Native is a native build of a C reimplementation of EarthBound for Windows, macOS and Linux, with widescreen and save-anywhere.