<s>
GameLine	B-Application
was	O
a	O
dialup	O
game	O
distribution	O
service	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
developed	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
Control	O
Video	O
Corporation	O
(	O
CVC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subscribers	O
could	O
install	O
the	O
proprietary	O
modem	O
and	O
storage	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
in	O
their	O
home	O
game	O
console	O
,	O
accessing	O
the	O
GameLine	B-Application
service	O
to	O
download	B-Application
games	O
over	O
a	O
telephone	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameLine	B-Application
had	O
an	O
exclusive	O
selection	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
pioneering	O
business	O
model	O
eventually	O
gave	O
rise	O
to	O
America	O
Online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
converted	O
his	O
variable	O
speed	O
adaptive	O
modem	O
technology	O
to	O
download	B-Application
games	O
from	O
central	O
servers	O
to	O
individual	O
households	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
dial	O
a	O
system	O
and	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
fee	O
,	O
download	B-Application
games	O
to	O
their	O
GameLine	B-Application
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
would	O
typically	O
work	O
for	O
5-10	O
plays	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
GameLine	B-Application
again	O
and	O
pay	O
for	O
another	O
download	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Master	O
Module	O
"	O
has	O
8	O
KB	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
a	O
1,200	O
Bps	O
modem	O
,	O
and	O
physically	O
resembles	O
an	O
oversized	O
silver	O
Atari	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
GameLine	B-Application
service	O
were	O
all	O
from	O
third-party	O
gamemakers	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
Imagic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
PIN	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
the	O
central	O
CVC	O
computer	O
and	O
download	B-Application
the	O
requested	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameLine	B-Application
provided	O
players	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
compete	O
in	O
contests	O
with	O
selected	O
games	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
could	O
upload	O
a	O
high	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
such	O
regional	O
prize	O
was	O
a	O
GameLine	B-Application
windbreaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
subscriber	O
to	O
GameLine	B-Application
also	O
received	O
a	O
professionally	O
printed	O
magazine	O
titled	O
GameLiner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameLiner	O
consists	O
of	O
information	O
about	O
new	O
games	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
service	O
,	O
questions	O
and	O
answers	O
,	O
advice	O
on	O
better	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
all	O
currently	O
available	O
games	O
on	O
GameLine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameLine	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
envisioned	O
to	O
not	O
provide	O
just	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
news	O
(	O
NewsLine	O
)	O
,	O
stock	O
quotes	O
(	O
StockLine	O
)	O
,	O
sports	O
reporting	O
and	O
scores	O
(	O
SportLine	O
)	O
,	O
electronic	O
mail	O
(	O
MailLine	O
)	O
,	O
online	O
banking	O
(	O
BankLine	O
)	O
,	O
online	O
forums	O
(	O
OpinionLine	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
information	O
including	O
airline	O
schedules	O
,	O
horoscopes	O
,	O
and	O
classified	O
ads	O
(	O
InfoLine	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameLine	B-Application
ceased	O
operations	O
before	O
any	O
of	O
these	O
expanded	O
services	O
were	O
offered	O
,	O
though	O
StockLine	O
and	O
SportsLine	O
were	O
reportedly	O
near	O
complete	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
the	O
GameLine	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
the	O
investors	O
and	O
founding	O
members	O
of	O
CVC	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
that	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
technological	O
infrastructure	O
they	O
had	O
built	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
company	O
created	O
a	O
service	O
named	O
Quantum	O
Link	O
which	O
linked	O
together	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
users	O
offering	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
expanded	O
services	O
originally	O
envisioned	O
for	O
GameLine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
company	O
still	O
technically	O
exists	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
GameLine	B-Application
does	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
titled	O
Save	O
The	O
Whales	O
was	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
GameLine	B-Application
and	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
on	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
prototype	O
was	O
found	O
in	O
early	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameLine	B-Application
offered	O
the	O
following	O
games	O
:	O
</s>
