The Dinosaur Game first appeared in 2014, hidden inside Google Chrome. It was the brainchild of a few Google developers — Sebastien Gabriel, Alan Bettes, and Edward Jung — who wanted to make the "No Internet" error page a little more entertaining.

Instead of a boring message, they imagined a mini-game that could keep users company while waiting for their Wi-Fi to return. The idea? A dinosaur stuck in prehistoric times — an era without Internet. The symbolism was perfect.

As Gabriel once said, “The T-Rex represents the ancient age, way before Wi-Fi existed.”

The result was both hilarious and brilliant: an offline Easter egg that became a global phenomenon. You didn’t need to download it, didn’t need an account, and didn’t even need the internet — just a spacebar and a little patience.