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Play The Land Before Time (US edition · English / Spanish) Online
The Land Before Time
Play The Land Before Time online on GBA and use five dinosaurs' abilities to rescue friends across the Mysterious Beyond and return to the Great Valley.
Browser play
Game Boy Advance (GBA) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play The Land Before Time
Quick start
Choose START from the Main Menu and Easy difficulty for a first game. Littlefoot and Petrie must find Cera, Spike and Ducky in the Mysterious Beyond and return everyone to the Great Valley. In the opening zone, explore carefully, collect treestars and use each dinosaur's special skill; hold R with the D-pad to look ahead before jumping.
Controls
Left/Right moves; hold L with Left/Right to run; A jumps, and Littlefoot or Cera can press A twice for a double-jump roll attack. B uses the basic attack; Littlefoot and Spike press B twice for a full tail swing, while Cera charges and smashes. Down ducks; Petrie uses Down+B to fly; R+D-pad looks around; START pauses and SELECT changes character.
The Land Before Time Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · gba
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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