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Might and Delight AB's Pid is now available for purchase from Mac Game Store. The 2D platformer puts players in the role of a young boy stranded on a remote planet populated by malicious robots. Pid features more than 12 hours of play, 22 locations to explore, five boss battles, and a 2 player co-op mode.

Pid is a platform game that will turn everything you know about 2D gameplay upside down. You play as a young boy that gets stranded on an old remote planet. He must fight off a variety of malicious robots bent on stopping him and befriend unlikely allies to shed light on a huge conspiracy that keeps the planet mesmerized and prevents him from ever reaching home.

Features:

• Experience 12 hours of retro adventuring
  
• Locate over 100 secrets spanning 22 different locations
  
• Five smart and thrilling boss battles
  
• Travel with a friend in 2 player couch co-op mode
  

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
  
• 2.6 GHz Processor
  
• 1 GB RAM
  
• 1.3 GB HD Space
  
• 256 MB VRAM
  

Pid is available now for $9.99 (USD).

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[Frost]

I saw the headline and I totally thought "Pid" was referring to Pathways Into Darkness.

[the Battle Cat]

Sit down old man and let the kids play for awhile.  (That's what I thought too)

[Tesseract]

I briefly wondered why anyone would make a game about a process ID before also thinking Pathways for a bit, then finally remembering that I had seen an article about this game before and that it was neither of these.

Man, I'd like an updated version of Pathways.

[the Battle Cat]

Pelvic inflammatory disease is nothing to make fun of, Might and Delight AB should be ashamed of themselves.

[Frost]

C'mon, the game's not that old, it was only released, what...

<looks>

... 19 years ago. Oh hell, whatever.

EDIT: Interestingly, this means Marathon is now old enough to vote. Good news for whenever Marcus Tiberius Buendia makes his run.