2008

Dino Run

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Racing Platform Arcade Indie

PC (Microsoft Windows) Web browser

Developer: Pixeljam

Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer

Themes Action

Perspective Side view

Summary

Dino Run is a 2008 game made by Pixeljam and Xgenstudios where the player navigates a dinosaur (possibly a velociraptor) through increasingly dangerous side-scrolling landscapes to escape an impending Wall of Doom. This game is made using simple pixel art and 8-bit sound to replicate the the style of 1980s arcade games.

Storyline

The object of the game is escape the pyroclastic Wall of Doom and to make it to a dino sanctuary alive. Along the way, the player can choose to devour Eggs and collect Bones to advance their dinosaur's evolution.