Dreadline for Intellivision (digital version)
A downloadable game
Note: read the compatibility section carefully before purchasing.
Carve out territory. Uncover the horror. Stay alive.
What is your console really capable of? Let Dreadline show you—by pushing it to new heights of visual detail, sound, and atmosphere. Dreadline is unlike any other Intellivision release—a game with heavy metal in its heart and horror in its veins.
- Digitized graphics that push Intellivision visuals to new heights
- A heart-pounding soundtrack
- High-capacity ROM with bank switching and JLP acceleration
- Flash-based high score saving
By making use of expanded GRAM, Dreadline achieves visuals not commonly seen on the Intellivision platform. It's time to redefine expectations of what modern Intellivision games can achieve. 
A soundtrack written by a heavy metal pro! Enjoy compositions by Marlos, a real metalhead with a passion for quality Intellivision music and sound effects.
His electrifying track, Blood Moon Overdrive, kicks off the game with a surge of heavy metal energy.
The man, the legend
*** SPRINT USERS: please make sure to use the JSON provided and ensure your firmware is up-to-date!
*** NINTELLIVISION USERS: make sure to use version 6.3d or newer.
Your Dreadline digital package includes:
- The game rom (.bin and .cfg files)
- A PDF manual
- Files for Intellivision Sprint
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... please.Making Dreadline was not exactly a cakewalk. It turns out that letting you draw lines at will on the screen of a tile-based console from 1979 is super hard! We also spent many, many hours on quality music, graphics, performance tuning, testing, etc.
Please support the people who made this game by buying your own copy and not sharing the game files. Your support helps make more Intellivision games possible. Thank you!
Akegata is committed to raising the bar for Intellivision homebrew games. Watch this space!
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $16.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
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Hello, I need help with Dreadline. I updated my Intellivision Sprint and put all the files into my USB drive. Everything shows up, but when I click on the game the graphics are all jumbled up. You can hear the game just fine and even start the game, but the graphics are all jumbled up and glitched. I've tried installing on a different USB drive all by itself and I get the same result. Not sure what to do. Thank you for your help.
This seems to be an issue with expanded GRAM not being activated. Make sure to update your Sprint's firmware to the latest version. Please come back if that does not fix it.
Problem has now been resolved. I was only downloading the update from Atari.com. Someone at AtariAge informed me that I needed to get the newer updates from AtariAge. Once I did that the game now works perfect. Also, thank you for such a cool game. I love the graveyard background with fog and the awesome picture reveal at the end. You've made a very fun game. This will be great for my Halloween show I do on my Youtube channel.
Glad to hear the issues are resolved. Enjoy the game!
Hi Akegata, I sent you a PM over on AA about trying to get this to run on a hardware inty88 board.
I have responded. Thanks.
Help! How can I configure the game? I use jzIntvGUI.
Sorry, I'm not familiar with it. Folks over at AtariAge may be able to help.
Ultimately, it needs to be able to generate a command line similar to the one below:
jzintv -z3 -G2 -v0 -s0 --jlp-save="dreadsave" Dreadline.bin
Hello, were you able to play the game? Let me know if you still need help.
Yes, all ok now!