The little dinosaur hides a lot of trivia. Here are some of the best facts.
Origins
- Its development codename was "Project Bolan," after Marc Bolan of the band T. Rex.
- It was built by Chrome team members in 2014 — see who made it.
- The dinosaur is a joke about being offline living in the prehistoric ages — more in why it's a dinosaur.
By the numbers
- Google has estimated it's played hundreds of millions of times a month.
- The score is widely reported to cap at 99,999 — see the records list.
- The game never ends on its own; it just gets faster (details).
Hidden touches
- There's a night mode that kicks in on long runs (how it works).
- Special editions have appeared for events — see secret characters and easter eggs.
- It works with no internet at all, which is why it plays almost anywhere.
The short-armed T-Rex was chosen partly because it reads clearly even as a tiny pixel sprite.
One more: the game isn't silent — it has exactly two sound effects, explained in does the dino game have sound. Now go make some history of your own on the home page.