The animation style also changed with this game to hand-drawn animation, in contrast to the pixel art graphics of the previous two games, following the studio's jump from DOS to Windows with Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds the previous year.

He visits Mr. Baldini's grocery store, who tasks him with delivering zoo chow to zookeeper Outback Al.

At the zoo's opening ceremony, Outback Al gives Putt-Putt a Junior Zookeeper award for his help and allows him the honor of cutting the ribbon.

Unlike other games, Putt-Putt can acquire a camera so the player can take pictures of the animals and other characters and print them out.

[10] During the year 2001 alone, Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo sold 100,972 retail units in North America, according to PC Data.