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The concept of the Google Chrome dinosaur minigame is a play on the ubiquity of the Internet in modern society, suggesting that being without it is like being teleported to the Stone Age.
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The Google Chrome dinosaur game is coded to conclude after playing for 17 million years straight, the same amount of time between the dinosaurs' evolution and extinction. This is, quite obviously, not realistically possible for any player.
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The Google Chrome dinosaur game is most popular with users from countries with unreliable or expensive broadband, such as India, Brazil, Mexico, or Indonesia.
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Due to the popularity of the Google Chrome dinosaur game, Google was forced to give the option for system administrators to deactivate the game following complaints of decreased productivity in students and workers.
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The desert backdrop and cacti hazards of the Chrome dinosaur game originate from an earlier iteration of the Google Chrome offline screen.
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The offline dinosaur is considered an internal mascot to the team that works on Google Chrome, with multitudes of exclusive merchandise being distributed to employees.
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During development, Chrome Dino was named "Project Bolan" affter Marc Bolan, lead singer of the band T. Rex.
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Additional animations were considered for the T-Rex, including roaring and a kick inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog, but these were scrapped to keep the animation rigid.
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The playable T-Rex has been dubbed the "Lonely T-Rex" by developers.
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