Sega Mega Drive and MS-DOS ports also existed, but were cancelled. It was originally developed for the Amiga 1200, but that version was not released until the end of 2013 prior to that date the SNES version was the only one to be released.
We’ve seen that often even with the most famous of games, and so it’s not too surprising to find that this much more obscure one is barely worth remembering at all. Putty Squad is a 1994 video game developed by System 3 and published by Maximum Games and Ocean Software. There’s also the not inconsiderable problem that this is absurdly expensive for what at a few pounds would have been an interesting curio but at over £15 is simply an expensive reminder of how badly many retro games survive the passage of time. It also makes the optional challenge mode, where you’re tasked with completing levels under certain conditions – such as not collecting any food, seem especially tough and unfair. Although the levels eschews the simple left-to-right structure of most platformers of the era they lack the sense of progression and tighter design that would’ve brought.Īnd although the amount of effort that’s gone into recreating the original graphics in HD form is laudable the end result is a garish mess that often makes it very difficult to spot either Putty or his enemies.Īs a result the game, and your progress through it, feels random and far too reliant on luck rather than judgement. On top of this collecting stars gradually increases the power and range of your standard attacks until you can wipe out almost the whole screen at once.īut while Putty certainly has a lot of tricks up his doughy sleeves the context in which they’re used never seems halfway near as interesting. Things get even more Kirby-esque when you start absorbing power-ups to gain new abilities, such as time-delayed bombs and a tin of cat food to call in a giant cat called Dweezil (the villain from the original game) to help you out.
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