Dinosaur Game

The story of the Dinosaur Game begins in 2014, when a team of Google Chrome developers — Sebastian Gabriel, Alan Bettes, and Edward Jung — wanted to make the “No Internet” error page a little less boring. Instead of just displaying the message “No Internet,” they added a small pixelated dinosaur to the page, symbolizing the “prehistoric” times before Wi-Fi.

The team soon realized that this tiny dinosaur could become more than a static image. They transformed it into a running game — a simple, offline experience that users could enjoy while waiting for their connection to return. Thus, the Chrome Dino was born.

The developers nicknamed it internally as “Project Bolan”, a playful reference to Marc Bolan, the lead singer of the 1970s band T. Rex. Over time, what started as a fun side project evolved into one of the most iconic Easter eggs in tech history.