---
title: "L.A. Rex"
subtitle: "It's your first trip to LA, so be a total tourist: hit the beach, see the sites... and eat tasty humans!"
date: 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2017/08/la-rex
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# L.A. Rex

*It's your first trip to LA, so be a total tourist: hit the beach, see the sites... and eat tasty humans!*

![image](la-rex1.jpg)

Ever wanted to play the role of a T-Rex, running amok in LA? Well you're in for a treat then, because that's exactly what L.A. Rex lets you do!

![image](la-rex2.jpg)

Your lumbering hulk of a monster can move left, right and jump. The jump being crucial on later levels, and equally useful for smashing up the cars and buildings. But the most interesting part is that the dinos jaws follow your mouse pointer. As the terrified public run away you can literally bend your neck down and chomp them right off the ground. You then have to click furiously as the T-Rex chomps them up and swallows them down.

![image](la-rex3.jpg)

Pretty gruesome, right? But strangely satisfying! There are lots of levels to clear and things get tricky later on, as the police arrive with hand-guns, and then the national guard arrive with tanks. Until that point see how much damage and destruction you can cause, dino style.

[Play Game](http://html5.gamedistribution.com/25a66b4cf54245c88237c7e5a154f315/)

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