{"id":3339,"date":"2020-11-04T13:31:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tomayac.com\/2020\/11\/04\/play-the-chrome-dino-game-on-your-nintendo-switch\/"},"modified":"2020-11-04T13:31:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T12:31:32","slug":"play-the-chrome-dino-game-on-your-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomayac.com\/wordpress\/2020\/11\/04\/play-the-chrome-dino-game-on-your-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Play the Chrome dino game on your Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t

I have landed an article over on web.dev<\/a>\nthat talks about the Gamepad API<\/a>.\nOne piece of information from this article that our editorial board was not comfortable\nwith having in there was instructions on how to play the Chrome dino game on a Nintendo Switch.\nSo, here you go with the steps right here on my private blog instead.<\/p>\n

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\n Press any of the Nintendo Switch's buttons to play!\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The Nintendo Switch contains a\nhidden browser<\/a>,\nwhich serves for logging in to Wi-Fi networks behind a captive portal.\nThe browser is pretty barebones and does not have a URL bar,\nbut, once you have navigated to a page, it is fully usable.\nWhen doing a connection test in system settings, the Switch will detect that the captive portal\nis present and display an error for it when the response for\nhttp:\/\/conntest.nintendowifi.net\/<\/a>\ndoes not include the X-Organization: Nintendo<\/code> HTTP header.\nI can make creative use of this by pointing the Switch to a DNS server\nthat simulates a captive portal that then redirects to a search engine.<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to System Settings<\/strong> and then Internet Settings<\/strong> and\nfind the Wi-Fi network that your Switch is connected to. Tap Change Settings<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. Find the section with the DNS Settings<\/strong> and add\n45.55.142.122<\/a> as a new Primary DNS<\/strong>.\nNote that this DNS server is not operated by me<\/em>\nbut a third-party<\/a>, so proceed at your own risk.<\/li>\n
  3. Save<\/strong> the settings and then tap Connect to This Network<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. The Switch will tell you that Registration is required to use this network<\/strong>. Tap Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  5. On the page that opens, make your way to Google<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  6. Search for "chrome dino tomayac"<\/strong>. This should lead you to\nhttps:\/\/github.com\/tomayac\/chrome-dino-gamepad<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. On the right-hand side in the About<\/strong> section, find the link to\nhttps:\/\/tomayac.github.io\/chrome-dino-gamepad\/<\/a>.\nEnjoy!<\/li>\n
  8. \ud83d\udea8 For regular Switch online services to work again,\nturn your DNS settings back to Automatic<\/strong>.\nConveniently, the Switch remembers previous manual DNS settings,\nso you can easily toggle between Automatic<\/strong> and Manual<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For the Chrome dino gamepad<\/a> demo to work,\nI have ripped out the Chrome dino game from the core Chromium project\n(updating an earlier effort<\/a> by\nArnelle Ballane<\/a>),\nplaced it on a standalone site, extended the existing gamepad API implementation by adding ducking\nand vibration effects, created a full screen mode,\nand Mehul Satardekar<\/a>\ncontributed a dark mode implementation.\nHappy gaming!<\/p>\n

    You can also play\nChrome dino<\/a>\nwith your gamepad on this very site.\nThe source code is available\non GitHub<\/a>.\nCheck out the gamepad polling implementation in\ntrex-runner.js<\/code><\/a>\nand note how it is emulating key presses.<\/p>\n

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