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"Yo dawgs. I just finished a new one, and it's an introspective take on a personal life experience I once had that I think leaves me emotionally vulnerable, while encouraging the player to think about their own feelings and how they're percieved by the people around them. It's called Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar."
— Author's dino-description on Kongregate

Need to recapture the feeling of being a kid pretending you're in a Saturday-Morning Cartoon for a few minutes? Tired of games with ambiguous titles? Just played Today I Die and need to restore your emotional equilibrium?

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAR!

Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar is an Adobe Flash game about cybernetic prehistoric reptiles which fire lasers whenever they growl. A scrolling shooter with a hilariously ridiculous premise, it was originally released in 2009 on Kongregate.

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  • Alien Invasion: The two good cyborg dinosaur aliens must save Earth from evil aliens.
  • Aliens Speaking English: Both Dinomite and Tyrannosaurus X speak English, in spite of being robotic dinosaurs from outer space.
  • Asteroids Monster: One of the enemy planes splits into two when hit.
  • Auto Erotica: The intro has a couple making out in a car. Unfortunately, thanks to Tyrannosaurus X, this goes downhill very quickly.
  • Boring, but Practical: The power of your beams quickly diminishes with sustained use, but recharges quickly, so firing in tiny bursts as fast as you can press and release the mouse button is a useful strategy, but it means cutting your MIGHTY ROOOAAAAAR short.
  • Charged Attack: Inverted, holding down the button weakens your attacks.
  • Destructive Saviour: The dinosaurs eat people and blow up helicopters, but thanks to them the Earth is safe for another ten jillion years, so it's all cool!
  • Energy Ball: The enemy turrets fire these at the dinosaurs.
  • Energy Weapon: The dinosaurs fire off lasers, as does the game's boss.
  • Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar is a game about robot dinosaurs that shoot beams when they roar!
  • Excuse Plot: The Robot Dinosaurs are running low on Dino-Force, so they take to the skies to battle robots and somehow save the Earth for another ten jillion years.
  • Flash of Pain: Stronger enemies and the boss blink in a different color when hit.
  • Funbag Airbag: The teenager in the opening sequence does a truly impressive faceplant into his girlfriend's boobs when the meteor carrying the titular robot dinosaurs who etc. etc. lands.
  • Funny Background Event: The boy from the intro can be seen being devoured by Tyrannosaurus X while he talks to Dino-Might before the game starts.
  • Homage: The gameplay, enemy design, and boss are strongly enough reminiscent of Stargunner that it's unlikely to be coincidence.
  • Jetpack: Both of the playable dinosaurs have one on their backs, which allows them to fly.
  • Large Ham: Both of the dinosaurs speak in a very obviously loud and bombastic matter. That that's not even mentioning their ever so glorious roars, courtesy of Nick Sumbles.
  • Mighty Roar: As the title suggests, the dinosaurs roar a lot, coupled with frickin' laser beams!
  • Mook Maker: There are three vortex-like portals that constantly spew out enemies until destroyed.
  • Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Cybernetic alien dinosaurs.
  • Rule of Cool: The game's dino-d'ĂȘtre. Why else would there be robot dinosaurs that shoot beams when they roar other than the very concept being hilariously badass?
  • Sentry Gun: There are spherical turrets on the floor and ceiling of some structures.
  • Stylistic Suck: Just about the entire game is made to be as stupid as humanly possible. The premise is ridiculous, the story is nonexistent even for an Excuse Plot, and the roars are obviously an amateur voice actor shouting "ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!" into the mic.
  • So Once Again, the Day Is Saved: The dinosaurs seemingly save the world "...for another ten jillion years!"
  • Spectacular Spinning: The boss spins around throughout the whole battle, making its laser fire that much harder to avoid.
  • Terror at Make-Out Point: The game starts out with a couple trying to make out in a car, only for Tyrannosaurus X to crash onto the ground nearby and devour the boy.
  • Wave-Motion Gun: The Robot Dinosaurs shoot beams when they roar.

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