Dinosaur Game

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Dinosaur Game
Endless running game

The Dinosaur Game

Tyrannosaurus rex across a side-scrolling
landscape, avoiding obstacles to achieve a higher score. The game was created by members of the Chrome UX team in 2014.

Gameplay

Nighttime graphics in the game

When a user attempts to navigate to a

Omnibox.[4]

During the game, the dinosaur

cacti and pterosaurs by jumping or ducking.[5] Pressing space, , or tapping the dinosaur on mobile devices will cause the dinosaur to "leap", while pressing the key will cause the dinosaur to "crouch". As the game progresses, the speed of play gradually increases until the user hits an obstacle or a pterosaur, prompting an instant game over
.

Once the player reaches around 700 points, the game switches from dark gray graphics on a white background to pale gray graphics on a black background, representing a shift from day to night, with daytime sky graphics also becoming nighttime sky graphics.[a] The color scheme then alternates as the game progresses.[6][7] The game was designed to reach its maximum score after approximately 17 million years of playtime, in reference to how long the T-Rex existed before it went extinct during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.[8]

If a network administrator disables the Dinosaur Game, an error message appears when attempting to play the game, which features an image of a meteor heading towards the player character.[9]

Development

The game over header and restart button after the player runs into a cactus

The game was created by members of the Chrome UX team in 2014, which consisted of Sebastien Gabriel, Alan Bettes, and Edward Jung.

prehistoric ages". The game was released in September 2014; initially, it did not work on older devices, so the code was updated and re-released in December of the same year.[11] The pterosaurs were added as obstacles with a browser update in 2015.[12]

In September 2018, an

high score.[14] The game's source code is available on the Chromium site.[15]

In 2021, Google introduced a

2020 Tokyo Olympics simulating various Olympic activities was added.[18] Upon reaching the torch, the dino transforms into various Olympic games such as swimming, running, and many others. Instead of the usual cacti and pterosaur obstacles, the dino now encounters challenges related to the Olympics.[19]

Reception

The game received widespread recognition, with the creators revealing in September 2018 that approximately 270 million games were played monthly.[8]

In popular culture

The Dinosaur Game is referenced in the "

couch gag" opening segment of the season 34 premiere of The Simpsons, "Habeas Tortoise".[20][21][22]

Related media

In May 2020, a Microsoft Edge update added Surf, a game where players control a surfer attempting to evade obstacles and collect powerups. Like the Dinosaur Game, it is accessible from an error page when the browser is offline. The game allows for character customization and multiple control schemes.[23]

In August 2020, MSCHF and 100 Thieves partnered to create a modified version of the game titled Dino Swords, which featured a small arsenal of weapons and time-slowing pills; when mismanaged, the weapons could backfire and harm the dinosaur.[24]

See also

Notes

  1. dark mode
    will start the game with the same nighttime graphics.

References

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