The T-Rex Dinosaur Game is a simple side-scrolling web game that appears in the Chrome browser when the internet is disconnected. A pixelated Tyrannosaurus Rex will pop up, and you can control the dinosaur by pressing the space bar or the up arrow key to make it jump and avoid obstacles to earn points.
How to Play:
- Objective: The goal of the game is to survive as long as possible. As the game progresses, the little dinosaur's running speed increases[1].
- Controls: On mobile platforms, users can simply press the space bar or touch the Chrome Dino to start the dinosaur running automatically[1].
- Obstacles: The little dinosaur runs in the desert and needs to avoid cacti and pterodactyls[1][3].
- To jump over cacti, press the space bar or the up arrow[1][3].
- To avoid flying pterodactyls, press the down arrow[1][3].
- Ending: The game ends when you hit any obstacle, and the player's score is displayed[1]. The score is calculated based on how long the player survives[1].
- Background: The background color of the game changes between light and dark as the game progresses, simulating the alternation of day and night[1].
How to Start the Game:
- Offline Mode: When Chrome users try to browse a web page while offline, the browser displays an error page with a pixelated Tyrannosaurus Rex on it[1]. At this point, press the
SPACEkey or the↑key to start the game. On Android and iOS devices, you can directly tap the dinosaur to start the game[1]. - Online Mode: Even with a network connection, you can enter
chrome://dinoorchrome://network-error/-106in the Chrome browser address bar to enter the game page[1].
History of the Game:
- Development: The game was developed in 2014 by Google's Chrome user experience team[1].
- Release: The final version was completed in December of the same year and began to support early versions of the Android operating system[1].
- Naming: According to Google Chrome browser designer Sebastien Gabriel, the dinosaur was chosen as the protagonist to pay tribute to the "old" days when the Internet was not well developed[1].
- Name Origin: The Tyrannosaurus Rex's name is also related to Marc Bolan, the famous lead singer of the band T-Rex in the 1970s, and the project was named "Project Bolan"[1].
Other Information
- The designers had considered adding roaring and kicking functions to Dino, but ultimately abandoned them to keep the game simple[1].
- According to the developers, it would take about 17 million years to complete the game[1].
- There is also a game called "T-Rex Dinosaur Game" in the ZOL game library, developed by Performance Artist using the Unreal Engine, but the gameplay is similar to the Chrome built-in dinosaur game.
Cheats
In the Chrome dinosaur game, some cheat codes can be used to improve the game results. For example, you can set a fixed low speed or turn off failure when colliding with cacti and other objects. To use cheats on Chrome Dino, you need to insert the code into the input line of the "Console" tab of the developer toolbar. You can open it by pressing the F12 key on your keyboard or pressing Ctrl+Shift+I.
- Disable obstacles:
Runner.instance_.gameOver = function(){}; - Change the dinosaur's speed (instead of 100, you can specify any other value):
Runner.instance_.setSpeed (100);[1].
Citations: [1] https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-play-the-no-internet-google-chrome-dinosaur-game-both-online-and-offline/ [2] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/t-rex-dino-game/mkakmlciocboabblblpjongpppfccbna?hl=en [3] https://www.trex-game.skipser.com [4] https://trex-runner.com [5] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chrome-dino-game-offline/neocimmfcfbaakogchpijngkimaigcgj?hl=en [6] https://dinorunner.com [7] https://tuckercraig.com/dino/ [8] https://tuckercraig.com/dino/black/
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