Over-inflation also acts as a "smart bomb", with Putty bursting, killing all of the enemies on the screen, whilst reducing his health in the process.

Putty is also able to melt into the floor, making him invulnerable and also allowing him to absorb enemies, recovering a small amount of health in the process.

A final ability of Putty's is being able to create a mug of coffee from part of himself, which will distract bots and make them stand still.

Once this latter powerup is collected, a man with a Hammond Organ named Uncle Ted appears, and proceeds to play a tune, causing all of the enemies in the level to freeze.

The sequel Putty Squad was initially only released for Super NES and only in PAL territories.

The complete Amiga version was finally released in December 2013 as a free Christmas gift from System 3, available on their website.

A new version of Putty Squad was released for PSVita, PS4, PS3, 3DS, Windows 8 and Xbox Live Arcade in 2013 and 2014.

In Retro Gamer issue 39 published in 2008 Mark Cale stated that he would be bringing the Putty series to the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.