<s>
Xargon	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Mystery	O
of	O
the	O
Blue	O
Builders	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
trilogy	O
produced	O
by	O
Epic	O
MegaGames	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
character	O
,	O
Malvineous	B-Application
Havershim	I-Application
,	O
must	O
journey	O
through	O
strange	O
landscapes	O
as	O
he	O
seeks	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
evil	O
Xargon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
goal	O
of	O
Xargon	B-Application
is	O
to	O
advance	O
through	O
the	O
map	O
by	O
completing	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xargon	B-Application
is	O
unique	O
in	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
purchase	O
items	O
at	O
any	O
point	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malvineous	B-Application
Havershim	I-Application
is	O
an	O
archaeologist	O
studying	O
strange	O
ruins	O
in	O
Madagascar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
attempting	O
to	O
translate	O
the	O
glyphs	B-Application
on	O
the	O
walls	O
of	O
one	O
Blue	O
Builder	O
structure	O
,	O
a	O
strange	O
gas	O
is	O
emitted	O
,	O
and	O
Malvineous	O
loses	O
consciousness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xargon	B-Application
,	O
produced	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Epic	O
MegaGames	O
1993	O
,	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Allen	O
Pilgrim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
Joe	O
Hitchens	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
contributed	O
to	O
Epic	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
and	O
Jill	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Jungle	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volume	O
One	O
:	O
Beyond	O
Reality	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
but	O
Volume	O
Two	O
:	O
The	O
Secret	O
Chamber	O
and	O
Volume	O
Three	O
:	O
Xargon	B-Application
's	O
Fury	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
purchased	O
commercially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
contemporary	O
of	O
such	O
games	O
as	O
Id	O
Software	O
's	O
Commander	B-Application
Keen	I-Application
and	O
Apogee	O
Software	O
's	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allen	O
Pilgrim	O
declared	O
the	O
registered	O
version	O
freeware	B-License
and	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
that	O
,	O
ports	O
with	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
to	O
new	O
platforms	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
like	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
were	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xargon	B-Application
was	O
ranked	O
#3	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
Times	O
top	O
five	O
games	O
on	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
1994	O
,	O
after	O
just	O
four	O
months	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
behind	O
Doom	B-Application
and	O
Epic	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
and	O
above	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
July	O
1994	O
said	O
that	O
Xargon	B-Application
:	O
Beyond	O
Reality	O
"	O
is	O
an	O
attractive	O
,	O
high	O
energy	O
"	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
better	O
than	O
Jill	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Jungle	I-Application
,	O
and	O
recommended	O
it	O
to	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
latter	O
,	O
Bio	B-Application
Menace	I-Application
,	O
or	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
.	O
</s>
