Water
SNES and NES on PC
Water is a game launcher for Windows that plays Super Nintendo and NES games. The first time you install one, it downloads the RetroArch emulator, checks it and sets it up. Then Play starts the game fullscreen, with your controller ready.
The SNES and NES emulator, set up for you
Water plays Super Nintendo and NES games with RetroArch, the free, open-source emulator, with its Super Nintendo and NES cores, each made by its own team; Water isn’t affiliated with any of them. Water downloads its official release, checks it before using it, and sets what each game needs before it starts:
- Fullscreen, straight into the game, with no setup wizard and no settings to open.
- A sharp picture that fills your screen’s height.
- Saves for each profile, so nobody plays over someone else’s game.
- Your controller mapped: DualShock 4, DualSense or Xbox, with no driver to install. A second controller is player two.
What your PC needs
Super Nintendo and NES games play on any PC Water runs on: Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
Settings › PC Specs in Water compares your PC with each console.
By hand, or with Water
Playing an SNES or NES game on a PC by hand is an evening of setup:
- Download the emulator and work through its settings: graphics, saves, controller.
- Find a copy of the game you can trust, and unpack it.
- Point the emulator at it, and map your controller button by button.
With Water, you press Install, then Play.
1,869 SNES and NES games
Water lists 1,869 Super Nintendo and NES games, every one an English release with its cover, screenshots and details, shared by people on the BitTorrent network.
The other consoles Water sets up: PS2 emulator, PS3 emulator, GameCube and Wii emulator, PSP emulator, PS1 emulator, DS emulator, GBA emulator, N64 emulator, Xbox emulator, and PS Vita emulator.
Try it with an SNES or NES game
Your first install is free: Water installs any one game, PC or console, and it stays installed. Press Install: the emulator, the game and your controller are set up by the time you press Play.
