How do I download games?

In the early 80’s a cable pioneer named William von Meister was looking for a way to use his innovative modem transmission technology, which he had recently acquired in ill-fated attempts of sending music to cable companies. Because of legal issues the cable providers stepped away from using the service. This left Von Meister with a delivery tool and no content. Von Meister converted his variable speed adaptive modem technology to download games from central servers to individual households. This allowed users to call up a system and for a fee download games to their GameLine modules. The game would work for typically 5-10 plays, after which the user would have to connect to GameLine again and pay for another download. Physically, the GameLine looked like an oversized silver Atari cartridge, it had a phone jack on the side that was used to link the GameLine with the CVC computers. The GameLine module was able to transmit with pulse or tone dialing, this allowed the little unit to be very versatile in the field. When a user registered with the service they were given a PIN. This PIN was used to log into the central CVC computer and download the requested games. One of the benefits of registering was that you were given free games on your birthday. GameLine was one of many smaller companies that went bust in the video game crash of 1983.