Xargon

Xargon is a side-scrolling platform game by Allen Pilgrim. Malvineous falls into a strange world and has to fight his way past its creatures to defeat the tyrant Xargon.

This download has the first episode. Epic’s successor released the full game as freeware in 2008.

How to set it up

1. Install DOSBox Staging or another DOS emulator.
2. Unzip the download into a folder of its own.
3. Start DOSBox Staging and type mount c "<folder>\Xargon", where <folder> is where you unzipped the download, then c:.
4. Type XARGON.BAT to start the game.