Putty Squad is one of the most requested of unreleased games on the Amiga. Originally due for a release in late 1994 it appeared as a demo on magazine coverdisks but subsequently failed to make it to the shops. It is likely that the game is in a finished state as nearly all the major Amiga magazines of the time carried a review.

The cult status of Putty Squad is due to several factors, including the quality of the game. As is demonstrated by the coverdisk preview it's a slick platformer that would have sold well.

Putty Squad is a follow-up to Putty (also known as Super Putty on the CD32 and Silly Putty). Misunderstandings over the versions of Putty have caused many an Internet poster to claim that they have Putty Squad in their possession. Further questioning usually reveals the game to be the original Putty.

In 1998 a publisher called Alive Mediasoft announced the forthcoming release of Putty Squad. However, this company was later discovered to be less than reliable.

To add to the confusion, Putty Squad was released on the SNES at the same time that the Amiga version was due to appear. In addition, it seems to have been ported to the Playstation 2 as a budget title (Amazon quotes a release date of early 2006). Re-releases such as this and the trend in the last few years of porting 16-bit games to powerful handheld devices have created issues for the belated and gratis release of games like Putty Squad. Many companies do not wish to have a free version of a game circulating if they are trying to sell it in the shops; things are difficult enough for developers as it is. On the other hand the free release of a game can create a good buzz and goodwill.