Play Chrome Dino Game: Olympic Skateboarding

Quick Facts

Summary: Grab the Olympic torch and the T-Rex rides a skateboard through a skatepark, jumping ramps, rails, and cones.
Creator: Google
Launched: 2021-07
Status: Restored
(Discontinued by Google)

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The Original Easter Egg

How It Started

For the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021, Google added six sports-themed variants to Chrome’s Dinosaur Game. Collecting an Olympic torch during the standard run activated an event.

What It Did

Skateboarding placed the T-Rex on a board in a skatepark. A single jump action cleared ramps, cones, and rails. The other events were Surfing, Swimming, Hurdling, Equestrian, and Gymnastics.

The event retained the endless-runner format and displayed a gold-medal animation after a collision.

Impact and Reach

Skateboarding made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, so the variant reflected a new addition to the Games.

Its Discontinuation

Like the other Olympic events, Skateboarding was only temporary and disappeared after the Games ended in August 2021.

The Restored Experience

What’s Different Here

The 2021 skatepark returns here, with ramps and rails to clear on the T-Rex’s skateboard. Optional AI/Bot Mode lets you watch a run before taking over and timing the jumps yourself.

The Easter Egg Experience

Press Space or the Up arrow, or tap the game on a touchscreen, to begin the desert run. Collect the Olympic torch to enter Skateboarding. Up, Down, Space, and a tap all trigger the same jump over ramps, rails, and cones. AI/Bot Mode can perform the jumps automatically.

How to Try It

Press Space or the Up arrow to begin the standard run.
On a touchscreen, tap the game to start and jump.
Collect the Olympic torch to switch into Skateboarding.
In Skateboarding, use Up, Down, Space, or a tap to jump over ramps, rails, cones, and other obstacles.
The pace keeps rising, so watch the gaps between obstacles.

Each Olympic variant begins with the familiar desert run and changes when you collect the torch. Once the event starts, the action depends on the sport: Skateboarding has you jump over obstacles, Swimming sends you diving beneath them, and Gymnastics calls for shorter jumps.

Final Thoughts

This restored edition preserves Chrome Dino’s skatepark setting from the year skateboarding entered the Olympics.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What’s unique about Chrome Dino Game: Olympic Skateboarding?

This event celebrates skateboarding’s first time at the Olympics with a run through a skatepark. You start on the classic course, grab the Olympic torch, and then use the same single jump to clear ramps, rails, and other skatepark obstacles. A collision ends the run with a gold-medal animation.

Enable the optional AI/Bot Mode to observe the timing before taking over manually.

What is the Chrome Dinosaur Game?

The Chrome Dinosaur Game is Google’s official offline runner built into Chrome. It first appeared in 2014 on the No Internet page, where a small pixel T-Rex waited for players to press Space and run.

The game is also known as T-Rex Runner or the chrome://dino game. You jump over cacti, duck under pterodactyls, and keep going until one obstacle finally catches the dinosaur.

This website keeps the classic run playable and gives you a quick way into AI/Bot Mode, the Christmas mode, and the Birthday, Olympic, and 3D Dino editions.

How do I play the classic Chrome Dinosaur Game?

Start the run and keep your eyes on the next obstacle. The controls take seconds to learn, but the game keeps speeding up, so every run gets harder.

Press Space, the Up arrow, or tap to jump.
Press Down to duck when pterodactyls fly low.
Stay alive as the score climbs and the desert moves faster.
Try AI/Bot Mode, the Christmas mode, or the version menu when you want something different.

Is the original Chrome Dinosaur Game still available?

Yes. The classic Chrome Dinosaur Game remains part of Chrome and can still be opened from the No Internet page or from chrome://dino.

This website keeps the classic runner alongside the Birthday and Olympic editions, which were only available in Chrome for a limited time.