About
Xargon: The Mystery of the Blue Builders is a side-scrolling platform game trilogy created by Allen W. Pilgrim and published by Epic MegaGames for DOS, following Malvineous Havershim's quest to destroy the evil Xargon. This is a portable SDL/libgamemusic-based rebuild of the original Xargon source, maintained by Adam Nielsen since 2011 and released under GPLv3. It builds via autogen.sh/configure/make and produces a binary meant to run alongside the original game's data files.
How it differs from the original
Compared to the original DOS release, this port has some tiles that don't animate (e.g. the ocean below the waterfall on the first level), and it will only run on little-endian CPUs due to endian-specific file handling.
Getting started
Requires the original Xargon data files, which were released as freeware for all three episodes and can be downloaded separately; build the port with autogen.sh/configure/make, then place the resulting binary alongside those data files to play.
Known limitations
- graphics: Some tiles do not animate, such as the ocean below the waterfall on the first level.
- compatibility: Will only run on little-endian CPUs due to endian-specific file handling.