Dino Run

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]

Dino Run
Developer(s)	PixelJAM Games
Release	April 30, 2008
Genre(s)	Side-scroller
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

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

Legacy

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 2025, the sequel remains unreleased.