History VideoGame / DinoRun

A sequel, simply named ''[[http://www.unblockedgamesroom.com/dino-run Dino Run 2]]'', was in the works, but [[DevelopmentHell it has been shelved until further notice]] after the associated [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljam/dino-run-2 Kickstarter]] failed to reach its goal. The developers are currently crowdfunding an ''updated'' UpdatedRerelease, ''Dino Run DX'', instead, the development page for which can be found [[https://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/index2.html here]]. However, developers have started [[http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun2/ a new campaign]] for ''Dino Run 2'' in September 2017.

A sequel, simply named ''[[http://www.unblockedgamesroom.com/dino-run Dino Run 2]]'', was in the works, but [[DevelopmentHell it has been shelved until further notice]] after the associated [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljam/dino-run-2 Kickstarter]] failed to reach its goal. The developers are currently crowdfunding an ''updated'' UpdatedRerelease, ''Dino Run DX'', instead, the development page for which can be found [[https://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/index2.html here]].

Play it for free [[http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/index2.html here.]]

A sequel, simply named ''Dino Run 2'', was in the works, but [[DevelopmentHell it has been shelved until further notice]] after the associated [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljam/dino-run-2 Kickstarter]] failed to reach its goal. The developers are currently crowdfunding an ''updated'' UpdatedRerelease, ''Dino Run DX'', instead, the development page for which can be found [[https://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/index2.html here]].

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Among the bonus eggs you can find are those of the hadrosaur ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olorotitan Olorotitan]]'', the oviraptorosaur ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinchenia Rinchenia]]'', and the megalosauroid ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnosaurus Magnosaurus]]'' (although it should be said that the ''Magnosaurus'' egg or "Magno" egg is found in a volcano and lava-coloured).

* HarderThanHard: Insane difficulty.

A sequel, simply named ''Dino Run 2'', was in the works, but [[DevelopmentHell it has been shelved until further notice]] after the associated [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljam/dino-run-2 Kickstarter]] failed to reach its goal. The developers are currently crowdfunding an *updated* UpdatedRerelease, ''Dino Run DX'', instead, the development page for which can be found [[https://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/index2.html here]].

''Dino Run'' is a Flash-based PlatformGame developed by [=PixelJAM=] Games and [=XGen=] Studios and released in 2011, which follows a dinosaur as it attempts to survive the end of the world.

Play it for free [[http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/ here.]]

A sequel, simply named ''Dino Run 2'', was in the works. In it, the dinosaurs must now join forces to survive after successfully escaping extinction. However, [[DevelopmentHell it has been shelved until further notice]] after the associated Kickstarter failed to reach its goal. The development page can be found [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljam/dino-run-2 here]]

** Many of the hats are pop-culture references, encompassing everything from Atari 2600's ''Adventure'' to ''VideoGame/Minecraft'', to ''Spy Vs. Spy'', Music/MichaelJackson, {{Music/DEVO}}, Destructoid and much, much more.

** Many of the hats are pop-culture references, encompassing everything from Atari 2600's ''Adventure'' to ''VideoGame/MineCraft'', to ''Spy Vs. Spy'', Music/MichaelJackson, {{Music/DEVO}}, Destructoid and much, much more.

A sequel, simply named ''Dino Run 2'', was in the works. In it, the dinosaurs must now join forces to survive after successfully escaping extinction. However, it has been shelved until further notice after the associated Kickstarter failed to reach its goal. The development page can be found [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljam/dino-run-2 here]]

A sequel, simply named ''Dino Run 2'', is currently in the works. In it, the dinosaurs must now join forces to survive after successfully escaping extinction. The development page can be found [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljam/dino-run-2 here]]

A sequel,simply named Dino Run 2,is currently in the works.In it,the dinosaurs must now join forces to survive after successfully escaping extinction.The development page can be found [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljam/dino-run-2 here]]

* SugarBowl: Look at it. Cutesy 8-bit graphics, dinosaurs with beady dot eyes, vibrantly colored settings… WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong? The SugarApocalypse. That's what.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: One of the goals is to save as many eggs as possible. On the opposite side, though...
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ... you can ignore every egg in the game and go straight for the end as fast as possible, leaving them to be engulfed by the advancing wave of destruction. You can even directly cause their demise by rolling stones or trampling your ''Parasaurolophus'' mounts over them.

* DisturbedDoves: Birds will stay situated in their trees until the dinosaur gets close to them. A bonus is achieved if the player can hit them by jumping (thus "saving" them).

* VideoGameCaringPotential: One of the goals is to save as many small animals as possible, either by jumping into them or crouching while running over them. On the opposite side, though...
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...you can ignore every small animal in the game and go straight for the end as fast as possible, leaving those who run slower than you to be gobbled up by the advancing wave of destruction.

* HelpfulMook: Any pterodactyls that aren't flashing red and flying to the left can be jumped into, and they'll actually carry you quite a ways before dropping you. In later levels, there are also Parasaurolophus you can jump on the back of for a free ride.

* PowerUpMount: The pterosaurs and Parasaurolophus are useful for bypassing obstacles and speeding up progress.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: One of the goals is to save as many small dinosaurs as possible, either by jumping into them or crouching while running over them. On the opposite side, though...
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...you can ignore every dinosaur in the game and go straight for the end as fast as possible, leaving those small animals who run slower than you to be gobbled up by the advancing wave of destruction.

You're a raptor at the site of the meteor crash that killed the dinosaurs. Run like hell.

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Tropes present in this work include:

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The speedrun levels "Stego Stampede", "Meteor Meltdown", "Dactyl Dodge" and "Dino Derby.
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: The whole game. Luckily, you can get caught up in the edge of the wall and live (and get bonus points for it.)
* [[spoiler:AlienInvasion: Inverted. The aliens came to '''save''' the dinosaurs a la [[TheArk Noah's Ark]] and take them to their planet. They also look like the Xenomorphs from the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' series.]]

* CollectionSidequest: The larger eggs of other species are pretty well hidden, and sometimes even require a bit of backtracking (yes, in an [[AdvancingWallOfDoom AWoD]] game) to grab. Of course, you're rewarded plenty of DNA and bones for finding them, so if you wanna upgrade your abilities and buy things without grinding, it may be in your best interest to start searching.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Your dino turns green after grabbing a speed boost, purple after a jump boost, and red after a strength boost.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Running above/through active volcanoes? No problem. Running on a flaming meteor? No problem. (Or is the latter another trope entirely?)
* EarnYourHappyEnding: You can be [[spoiler: rescued from the apocalypse by aliens]] only if you play on Insane difficulty. The other endings have you [[spoiler: holding out in a cave]].

* FoeTossingCharge: Hitting the speed boost button with 500 DNA lets your dino run through most obstacles, including boulders and other dinosaurs.
** This also happens when you get a strength boost.
* HarderThanHard: Insane mode.
* HelpfulMook: Any pterodactyls that aren't flashing red and flying to the left can be jumped into, and they'll actually carry you quite a ways before dropping you. '''Very''' much helpful in levels with lots of uphill running. In later levels, there are also Parasaurolophus you can jump on the back of for a free ride.
* InterfaceScrew: When the wall of doom gets closer, the screen gets darker to the point where you can barely see your dino, much less the obstacles you're trying to avoid. Right before the wall overtakes you, it will block out most of the screen. Have fun trying to platform at that point.
* JustifiedExtraLives: They're called "time shifts".
** And the game pause is called "time freeze".
* MadeOfIron: Boulder hits your dino in the head? No problem. Caught in a meteorite impact? No problem. Run headlong into a ''Triceratops''? [[OverlyLongGag No problem.]] As long as the wall doesn't catch up, your dino is A-OK.
** Though it might be less a case of being invincible and more a case of your dino being pumped up in too much adrenaline (because, you know, being about to die incinerated in the pyroclastic flow is kinda ''worrying'') to notice. Doesn't explain being caught in a meteor impact or [[ConvectionSchmonvection falling into lava]], though.

* MoodWhiplash: Playing on Easy results in 1 less stage before the final level. This is rather jarring because the level in between serves as the moment of the game where you know it's all going downhill, where the environment becomes dark and overtly hostile. Averted if you play through on Medium or higher.
* OhCrap: You'll be saying this whenever the wall gets close. The dino also gets a "!" over his head when this happens. Level 6 also counts: Instead of the green fields with happy music, you open to an almost completely black screen with a much darker and more ominous music.
* [[OneSteveLimit One Dino Limit]]: Played straight when a dino successfully makes it to a challenge ending, since you get a differently colored dino to play as for a new game. (While you might think you got the yellow -your first- dino again at first, note that there are patterns on it that make it different.) Averted if you fail, as though the screen says "Your dino is extinct", returning to the main menu still shows the "extinct" dino ready to go again.
** Perhaps there's a "time reset" or something that renders the "extinct" dino revived.
** [[spoiler: Also, after 'saving' enough dinos, you can [[CharacterCustomization customize]] your next dino's colors. And make them wear 'hats' too.]]
* OutrunTheFireball
* PowerUpMount: The pterosaurs and ''Parasaurolophus'' are useful for bypassing obstacles and speeding up progress.
* PteroSoarer: The pterosaurs can grab things with their feet.

* SpannerInTheWorks: The rats and lizards are basically powerups on the hoof, but they can ''really'' mess up your day if they happen to step on a bridge you're crossing.
* StockDinosaurs: Of course, with the overall design of the game being very stylized, it's not really possible to identify the dinosaurs down to their specific genus except through WordOfGod. However, it's clear that all the dinosaurs belong to stock clades (ceratopsids, sauropods, ankylosaurs, parasaurolophinins, stegosaurs) or have stock body plans (small theropods).
* SugarBowl: Look at it. Cutesy 8-bit graphics, dinosaurs with beady dot eyes, vibrantly colored settings… WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong?
** SugarApocalypse. That's what.
* TimeTrial: The speedrun levels. Somehow though, it's actually ''harder'' to keep ahead of the wall in some of the levels.

* TooDumbToLive: Most of the larger dinos (and the red pterodactyls) actually run '''toward''' the doom wall, instead of away from it.
** The red pterodactyls can get away with it; they are on fire, after all.

* MadeOfIron: Boulder hits your dino in the head? No problem. Caught in a meteorite impact? No problem. Run headlong into a Triceratops? [[OverlyLongGag No problem.]] As long as the wall doesn't catch up, your dino is A-OK.

** The red pterodactyls can get away with it because, they are on fire after all.

** And the game pause is called "time freeze". (Is there a trope for this?)

* [[spoiler:AlienInvasion: Inverted. The aliens came to '''save''' the dinosaurs a la [[TheArk Noah's Ark]] and take them to their planet. They also look like the Xenomorphs from the ''{{Alien}}'' series.]]

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Among the bonus eggs you can find are those of the hadrosaur ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olorotitan Olorotitan]]'', the oviraptorosaur ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinchenia Rinchenia]]'', and the megalosauroid ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnosaurus Magnosaurus]]''.