Dino Run is a Flash game created by PixelJAM and XGen Studios, released on April 30, 2008. The player steers a Velociraptor through increasingly dangerous side-scrolling landscapes to escape an impending "wall of doom". The game uses simple pixel art and 8-bit sound to replicate the style of 1980s arcade games.[1][2]Dino Run was conceived by PixelJAM co-founder Richard Grillotti while he was sketching dinosaurs.[3]
Expanded and improved versions of the game were later released for Macintosh, PC, and Linux under the titles Dino Run SE (2011)[4][5] and Dino Run DX (2015).[6][7]
Reception
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Sequels
Two additional games, Dino Run: Marathon of Doom (2011)[8] and Dino Run: Enter Planet D (2013),[9] were released as stand-alone titles.
In November 2013, PixelJam launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to finance development of Dino Run 2. The game would introduce new dinosaurs,[10][11] including Triceratops, Parasaurolophus, Pachycephalosaurus, and Archaeopteryx.[12] The fundraiser sought $175,000,[13][14] but ended a month later, raising only $83,476.[15][16] Another Kickstarter campaign succeeded in being funded in 2018, with a projected release date in November 2019.[17][18] As of March 2024, the sequel remains unreleased.
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^Lufkin, Bryan (August 25, 2011). "Dino Run SE Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
^Smith, Adam (October 7, 2011). "Freehistoric: Dino Run SE". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
^Smith, Adam (November 7, 2013). "The Veloci-Rapture: Dino Run 2". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.