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==Legacy== Even though the GameLine was discontinued, the investors and founding members of CVC went on to start a new company that would continue to use the technological infrastructure they had built. The company, named Quantum Computer Services, was created by [[Steve Case]], among others. This company created a service named [[Quantum Link]] which linked together [[Commodore 64]] and [[Commodore 128]] users offering many of the expanded services originally envisioned for GameLine. Quantum Computer Services eventually became [[America Online]] in October 1991,<ref>{{cite web|title=CVCβs GameLine Atari Cart Was A Lot Like Xbox Live β Except Back In 1983|url=http://www.ohgizmo.com/2011/07/20/cvcs-gameline-atari-cart-was-a-lot-like-xbox-live-except-back-in-1983/|publisher=OhGizmo.com|access-date=27 March 2012|author=Andrew Liszewski|date=July 20, 2011|archive-date=4 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104135710/http://www.ohgizmo.com/2011/07/20/cvcs-gameline-atari-cart-was-a-lot-like-xbox-live-except-back-in-1983/|url-status=dead}}</ref> which became extremely successful during the 1990s, and eventually took over [[Time Warner]] in 2001, but was spun off a few years later. Though the company still technically exists, support for the GameLine does not.<ref name="CVC GameLink"/> The game titled ''Save The Whales'' was exclusive to the GameLine and although it was never released on a cartridge, a prototype was found in early 2002.
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