For many children of the late 2000s, the Dinosaur King arcade machine was a magnetic wonder. Insert a coin, swipe a card, and watch as a Triceratops (Chomp) or a Tyrannosaurus rex (Ace) exploded onto the screen in 3D. Today, those same machines are rare. But the software that powered them—the —has found a second life in the world of emulation.

Want to explore working dinosaur games? Try Jurassic Park arcade (MAME), Dinosaur King DS (DeSmuME), or the fan-made Dinosaur King PC recreation project.

The ROM contains the logic for all these peripherals. When emulated, the ROM expects inputs from a virtualized card scanner. This is why standalone Dinosaur King ROMs are often bundled with workarounds.