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{{InfoboxFound
|title=<center>Famicom Network System Modem</center>
|image=Fcn modem.jpg
|imagecaption=Family Computer Network System Modem
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially found'''</span>
|datefound=2020
|foundby=Ben Boldt, Fiskbit, Forest of Illusion
}}
''Family Computer Network System'' and ''TV-NET'' is a telecommunication service using Family Computer that was deployed for general consumers from 1988 to 1991. This system allows users to access its services by connecting a telephone line to a dial-up modem and plugging in ROM cartridges dedicated to each content. Each company was joined by a new business using Famicom, and the contents offered by these companies varied mainly from stock trading, account inquiries, horse and bicycle race voting, and mail order sales. However, some in-depth information about this service, such as the companies that entered the market, is unclear. Currently, ROM cartridges and peripherals are sometimes offered on auction sites, but only a few have been found.

==History==
===Birth of services===
In 1985, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi foresaw the future spread of the network society and came up with the idea of a telecommunication service that would allow shopping and stock trading via Famicom. Yamauchi named the service Family Computer Network System and set a goal to realize the service in the fall of 1986. <br>In July 1987, Yamauchi instructed Masayuki Uemura, General Manager of Nintendo R&D2, to develop a service that would provide stock price information and enable stock trading by connecting a telephone line to a modem dedicated to Famicom in cooperation with Nomura Securities.<ref>[https://happy-today.org/nintendo/history/history2-06.html Nintendo Archive Project] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> The service employs a system that can be used by inserting a card-type ROM cartridge, which Nomura named Famicom Trade. In November, the service was tested by 600 monitors, and in July 1988 Nintendo distributed prototype modems and cartridges to each household that had been recruited as testers. As a result, the service was well received, and in September, Nintendo mass-produced the modem and began full-scale service.
<br>In July 28, 1987, Yamaichi Securities, in cooperation with Bridgestone, launched the telecommunication service for Famicom, Sunline F.<ref>[https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19870901p.pdf Game Machine Issue Sep 1, 1987] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> 
<br>In January 1988, Micro Core, in cooperation with Micro Research Institute, NTT, and Bridgestone, developed TV-NET, a telecommunication service modem for Famicom, which was released at the end of February of the same year.

===Commercial competition===
In January 1988, Daiwa Securities agreed to enter Micro Core's TV-NET and decided in April to develop telecommunication services, followed in May by Yamaichi and then Nikko Securities. From this point on, a commercial conflict between the "Nomura-Nintendo method" and the "Micro Core method" arose over Famicom's communication services. Subsequently, Shin Nihon Securities, Wako Securities, Okasan Securities, and others decided to adopt the Nomura-Nintendo method. Universal Securities, Taiheiyo Securities, and Tokyo Securities decided to adopt the Micro Core method, and various other securities companies entered the Famicom communication service.
<br>On December 7, 1988, Mitsubishi Corporation in cooperation with Daiwa, Yamaichi, Nikko, and Universal, launched the Home Information Network Promotion Council (ホームインフォメーションネットワーク推進協議会) to promote Micro Core-based telecommunication services. In addition to securities companies, city banks, travel agencies, and publishing companies have also decided to enter the market. On October 16, 1989, NTT Data Communications launched its home banking business using Famicom.
In addition, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, a government agency that existed at the time, decided to make NTT's videotex service, Captain System available to Famicom, and Micro Core developed a corresponding modem, TV-NET Rank2, with which the service was launched and modem was released in April 1990. Department stores, mail-order companies, and distance-learning companies have entered the Captain System for Famicom.

===Decline in services===
Although Famicom's telecommunication service has experienced commercial competition since its launch and has offered a variety of content services, it has not really been accepted by many users and has had some shortcomings.
The line connecting to the modem was DDX-TP provided by NTT. However, the condition of the line was unstable, and there was trouble with communication becoming impossible at irregular intervals. Furthermore, if the phone line and the TV were far apart, they were connected by wiring, but in some cases, the user's family members protested that the wiring was in the way and returned the product. Most of the users were only interested in the stock price, and few used other services. In addition, since Famicom was generally positioned as a children's toy, many users were resistant to the idea of adults using toys for stock trading and other activities.
By 1991, most users were no longer interested in stock prices due to the bursting of the bubble economy in Japan. It was also time for consoles to move to Super Famicom, and demand was beginning to decline. Finally, the number of households with newly installed modems stopped at 130,000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110820014457/http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/special/20081006/1019522/?P=4 Nikkei Trendy Net] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>

==ROM dumped==
In September 2019, Ben Boldt, a user of the forum site NesDev, obtained a Famicom Network System modem and a JRA-PAT ROM, which he dumped with fellow site user Fiskbit.<ref>[https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=18530 NesDev.org] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> In addition, Nomura no Famicom Trade and Super Mario Club were also dumped in October-November 2020 and subsequently surfaced at No-Intro. The ROMs were given the file extension FCN, but run is currently impossible because no emulator currently supports the file.
In addition, Forest of Illusion obtained the JRA-PAT and Super Mario Club ROMs, dumped them with Hard4Games, and surfaced. The ROMs were NES files, but have not been emulated.<ref>[https://forestillusion.com/2020/jra-pat-famicom-network-system Forest of Illusion - JRA-PAT] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref><ref>[https://forestillusion.com/2020/super-mario-club-famicom-network-system Forest of Illusion - Super Mario Club] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>
Fiskbit owns and has dumped most of the currently known Famicom Network System-specific ROMs, but these have not yet surfaced.

==Modems, Peripherals==
Exclusive modems and ROM cartridges were not sold in stores like video games, but rather modems were ordered by sending an order postcard to the company and cartridges were purchased by applying to the bank.<ref>[http://famicom.suppa.jp/ish11.html ザ☆周辺機器ズ] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> Many of the main modems have been found, but some of their peripherals have not been found to this day.

===Family Computer Network System===
Status: <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>
''Family Computer Network System'' was a telecommunication service modem for Famicom sold by Nintendo in September 1988.
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Fcn modem.jpg|Modem
Fcn controller.jpg|Controller
Fcn modem box.jpg|Package box
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===Famicom Fitness System===
Status: <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>
''Famicom Fitness System'' is a peripheral device for the Famicom Network System, which was jointly developed by Bridgestone, Nintendo, Fukuda Denshi, and Fukuoka University in 1988 for health management. An ergometer is connected to a communication modem, and a ROM cartridge called an "Instructor Card" is inserted. After inputting data such as age and weight, individual training data is stored in the cartridge. 12 minutes of pedaling measurement is performed, and the system provides the user with the most effective training menu according to the results.
The device was marketed mainly to fitness gyms and medical institutions from January 1989, and was scheduled to be marketed to general households from December 1990, but there is no information that the device was actually sold.
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Ffs cycle machine.jpg
Ffs cycle machine2.jpg
Fitness system image1.jpg
Fitness system image2.jpg
Fitness system screen.jpg
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===TV-NET, TV-NET Rank2===
Status: <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span><br>
''TV-NET'' and ''TV-NET Rank2'' are modems for Famicom communication services sold by Micro Core. TV-NET was marketed at the end of February 1988, and like the Famicom Network System, the service can be used by inserting a special cartridge. TV-NET Rank2 was marketed on April 2, 1990, and is a modem compatible with NTT's Captain System, which can be used by calling the center with a dedicated controller.
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Tv-net modem.jpg|TV-NET modem
Tv-net controllers.jpg|The controller on the left is for Pist, a service dedicated to this console.
Tv-net2 modem and controller.jpg|TV-NET Rank2 modem
</gallery>
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===TV-NET Printer System===
Status: <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span><br>
''TV-NET Printer System'' is a peripheral device for TV-NET that allows users to print out screens. It was marketed in end of November 1988.
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Tv-net printer real.jpg
Tv-net printer.jpg
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===MCB-1===
Status: <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>
''MCB-1'' is a barcode device for TV-NET Printer System and was marketed in September 1988.
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MCB-1.jpg
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===FAM-NET, FAM-NET2===
Status: <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>
''FAM-NET'' and ''FAM-NET2'' are modems developed by Yamaichi Securities in cooperation with Bridgestone for Famicom's telecommunication service, and were marketed in July 1987. FAM-NET did not have a cartridge plug, and the company's service, Sunline F, was built into that modem. FAM-NET2 was marketed in March 1988, where the cartridge plug was added for the first time.
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Fam-net.jpg|FAM-NET modem
Fam-net controller.jpg|Controller
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Fam-net2.jpg|FAM-NET 2 modem
Fam-net2 box.jpg|Package box
</gallery>

===Dataship 1200===
Status: <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>
Dataship 1200 was a console developed jointly by Nintendo and Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, mainly for the Famicom telecommunication service, and was marketed in January 1990.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125946/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p17.jpg Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Issue Jan 5, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> It is not possible to play video games on this console.
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Dataship1200 console.jpg
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==Services==
Famicom's telecommunication services offered were mainly home banking, home trading, and captain system services. While dedicated cartridges existed for the home banking and trading services, they were able to use the services without the basic cartridges for the captain system. But in some cases, it appears that some companies did offer cartridges. Please note that currently, information on companies that have entered the Famicom telecommunications service is often unclear as to which companies offered what services under what name, and which companies that said they were considering entering the service have actually done so.
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===Home Banking===
Home banking using Famicom began with the Home-use Terminal Communications Standardization Council (ホームユース端末通信標準化協議会) launched by NTT Data Communications in March 1989.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190530224542/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/magazine/p16.jpg Computer & Network LAN News Issue Apr, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>
Thirteen city banks and various regional banks that existed at the time participated in this council, and on October 16, Nomura-Nintendo and Micro Core launched their services as ''Famicom Anser'' (ファミコンアンサー) and ''Bank ANSER TV-NET System'' (銀行ANSER TV-NETシステム)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125946/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/p25.jpg Data Communication Issue Oct 2, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>, respectively. The following list is limited to only those banks that have entered the market and for which there is clear information that they have launched their services.

====Famicom Network System====
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
! Number !! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Status
|-
|rowspan="2"|FCN000-05||[[File:Famicom Anthor Cover.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Famicom Anser (ファミコンアンサー)||Nintendo||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|[[File:Famicom Anthor Demo Cover.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Famicom Anser - Demo verison||Nintendo||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN011-01||[[File: Sanwa no Personal Banking - Pegasus.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Sanwa no Personal Banking - Pegasus (三和のパーソナルバンキング PEGASUS)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanwa_Bank Sanwa Bank]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN014-01||[[File: Heart no Benrikun Mini.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Heart no Benrikun Mini (ハートの便利くんミニ)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai-Ichi_Kangyo_Bank Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN017-01||[[File: Kinki Tasukaru Mini.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Kinki Tasukaru Mini (きんき タスカルミニ)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%91%E7%95%BF%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C Kinki Bank]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN019-01||[[File: Daiwa My Stuff Mini.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Daiwa My Staff Mini (ダイワ マイスタッフミニ)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%92%8C%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C Daiwa Bank]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN050-01||[[File: Sumitomo Homeline.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Sumitomo no Banking Service - Homeline (住友のバンキングサービス ホームライン)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sumitomo_Bank Sumitomo Bank]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||Famicom Service<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190530224832/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p09.jpg Kinyu Keizai Shimbun Issue Nov 27, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> (ファミコンサービス)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E4%BF%A1%E7%94%A8%E9%87%91%E5%BA%AB Kyoto Shinkin Bank]<br>[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E4%BF%A1%E7%94%A8%E9%87%91%E5%BA%AB Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank]||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||Unknown||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C Kyowa Bank]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320130125/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p12.jpg Ginko Shinpo Issue Dec 7, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||Unknown||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji_Bank Fuji Bank]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320130125/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p12.jpg Ginko Shinpo Issue Dec 7, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<br>

====TV-NET====
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Status
|-
|Unknown||Home Service<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190530224832/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p09.jpg Kinyu Keizai Shimbun Nov 27, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> (ホームサービス)||Kyoto Shinkin Bank||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<br>

====Unknown====
'''''Unclear which service belongs to Nomura-Nintendo or Micro Core'''''<br>
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Status
|-
|Unknown||Famicom Banking Service<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125957/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p10.jpg Kinyu Keizai Shimbun Issue Dec 4, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> (ファミコンバンキングサービス)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C Nishi Nippon Bank]||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Myline<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125945/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p28.jpg Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Issue Mar 5, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> (マイライン)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%91%E7%95%BF%E5%A4%A7%E9%98%AA%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C Osaka Bank]||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Chibagin Famicom Service<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125944/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p13.jpg Kinyu Keizai Shimbun Issue Dec 11, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> (ちばぎんファミコンサービス)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_Bank Chiba Bank]||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<br>

===Home Trading===
====Famicom Network System====
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
! Number !! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Status
|-
|FCN001-01||[[File:Nomura no Famicom Trade Black Card.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Nomura no Famicom Trade (野村のファミコントレード) - Black||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomura_Securities Nomura Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN001-03||[[File:Nomura no Famicom Trade Blue Card.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Nomura no Famicom Trade - Blue||Nomura Securities||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN001-05||[[File:Nomura no Famicom Trade Orange Card.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Nomura no Famicom Trade - Orange||Nomura Securities||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN002-01||[[File:Yamatane no Famicom Trade.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Yamatane no Famicom Trade (山種のファミコントレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMBC%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8#%E5%B1%B1%E7%A8%AE%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Yamatane Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN003-01||[[File:Cosmo no Famicom Trade.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Cosmo no Famicom Trade (コスモのファミコントレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E4%BA%95%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Cosmo Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN003-03||Unknown||Cosmo no Famicom Trade||Cosmo Securities||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN004-01||[[File:Wako no Famicom Trade FCN004-01.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Wako no Famicom Trade (和光のファミコントレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%85%89%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8#%E6%96%B0%E5%85%89%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Wako Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN004-03||[[File: Wako no Famicom Trade FCN004-03.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Wako no Famicom Trade||Wako Securities||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN005-01||[[File: Okasan no Famicom Trade.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Okasan no Famicom Trade (岡三のファミコントレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E4%B8%89%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Okasan Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN006-01||[[File: Shin Nihon no Famicom Trade FCN006-01.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Shin Nihon no Famicom Trade (新日本のファミコントレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%85%89%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8#%E6%96%B0%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Shin Nihon Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN006-03||[[File: Shin Nihon no Famicom Trade FCN006-03.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Shin Nihon no Famicom Trade||Shin Nihon Securities||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN007-01||[[File: Kangyo Sumimaru no Famicom Trade.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Kangyo Sumimaru no Famicom Trade (勧業角丸のファミコントレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%BF%E3%81%9A%E3%81%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Kangyo Sumimaru Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN008-01||[[File: Daiichi no Famicom Trade.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Daiichi no Famicom Trade (第一のファミコントレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFJ%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%95%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Daiichi Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN009-01||[[File: Sanyo no Famicom Passport.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Sanyo no Famicom Passport (三洋のファミコンパスポート)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%B4%8B%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Sanyo Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||Unknown||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%84%E3%81%A1%E3%82%88%E3%81%97%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Ichiyoshi Securities]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190530224354im_/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/special/nb_19900702/p06.jpg Nikkei Business Issue Jul 2, 1990] Retrieved 2 Jul '90</ref>||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<br>

====TV-NET====
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Status
|-
|[[File: Daiwa no My Trade.jpg|frameless|250px]]||Daiwa no My Trade (大和のマイトレード)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daiwa_Securities_Group Daiwa Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|[[File: Sunline F3.jpg|frameless|center|100px]]||Sunline F-III (サンラインF-III)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaichi_Securities Yamaichi Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|[[File: Nikko no Home Trade One.jpg|frameless|center|100px]]||Nikko no Home Trade One FC (日興のホームトレードワンFC)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMBC_Nikko_Securities Nikko Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|[[File: Universal no My Trade.jpg|frameless|center|250px]]||Universal no My Trade (ユニバーサルのマイトレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFJ%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%95%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Universal Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Nomura no Family Trade<ref>[https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19880801p.pdf Game Machine Issue Aug 1, 1988] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> (野村のファミリートレード)||Nomura Securities||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|[[File: Tokyo Home Trade.jpg|frameless|center|100px]]||Tokyo Shōken Home Trade (東京証券ホームトレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%B5%B7%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Tokyo Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|[[File: Century no My Trade.jpg|frameless|center|100px]]||Century no My Trade (センチュリーのマイトレード)||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBI%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AA%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Century Securities]||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFJ%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B0%E3%81%95%E8%A8%BC%E5%88%B8 Taiheiyo Securities]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125946/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/p15.jpg Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Isuue Nov 16, 1988] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<br>

====FAM-NET====
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Status
|-
|[[File: Sunline F2.jpg|frameless|center|100px]]||Sunline F-II (サンラインF-II)||Yamaichi Securities||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<br>

====Unknown====
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Status
|-
|Unknown||Mitsubishi Shōji Gold Trade<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150710205719/http://microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p38.jpg Nihon Keizai Shimbun Issue Jun 7, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> (三菱商事ゴールドトレード)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Corporation Mitsubishi Corporation]||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<br>

===Captain System===
''Captain System'' (キャプテンシステム) was a Videotex service launched by NTT on November 30, 1984. The service using Famicom was launched in April 2, 1990 by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in cooperation with Micro Core. With this service, companies were able to enter the market and mainly sell mail orders, book airline tickets and tickets, and take orders for parcels.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
! Image !! Service Name !! Company/Group !!  Content !! Status
|-
|Unknown||Post Transfer Home Service<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125945/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p03.jpg Tokyo Sports Press Issue Nov 16, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> (郵便振替ホームサービス)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Posts_and_Telecommunications_(Japan) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications]||Postal Savings, Balance Inquiry for Transfers, Deposit and Withdrawal Details||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Cattleya AV Club (カトレヤAVクラブ)||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuzakaya Matsuzakaya]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125946/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p31.jpg Nikkei Business Dialy Issue Apr 3, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||CDs sales||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||[https://frndly.co.jp/ Friendly]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125957/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p19.jpg Jōmō Shimbun Issue Jan 9, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||Clothing and daily necessities sales||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Study Box||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benesse Fukutake Shoten]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125957/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p19.jpg Jōmō Shimbun Issue Jan 9, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||Educational materials sales and provision of information on higher education||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentsu Dentsu]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125903/http://microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p33.jpg Yomiuri Katei Keizai Shimbun Issue May 10, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||Newpaper sales||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93aikis Telecom Wakayama]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125903/http://microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p33.jpg Yomiuri Katei Keizai Shimbun Issue May 10, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||Local specialties sales||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||Unknown||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akita_Bank Akita Bank]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125957/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p27.jpg Kinyu Keizai Shimbun Issue Feb 26, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||Home Banking||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<br>

===Other===
====Famicom Network System====
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
! Number !! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Content !! Status
|-
|FCN000-08||[[File:Super Mario Club Test Cover.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Super Mario Club (スーパーマリオクラブ) - Test Version||Nintendo||Video Game Information Service||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN000-09||[[File:Super Mario Club Cover.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Super Mario Club||Nintendo||Video Game Information Service||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN026-01||[[File: Konami Tsūshin Shōgi Club.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Tsūshin Shōgi Club (通信将棋倶楽部)||Konami||Shōgi game||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN027-02||[[File: JRA-PAT Fcn027-02.jpg|frameless|100px]]||JRA-PAT||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Racing_Association JRA]||Horse racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN027-03||[[File: JRA-PAT FCN027-03.jpg|frameless|100px]]||JRA-PAT||JRA||Horse racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN027-04||[[File: Fcn027-04.jpg|frameless|100px]]||JRA-PAT||JRA||Horse racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN027-05||[[File: Fcn027-05.jpg|frameless|100px]]||JRA-PAT||JRA||Horse racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN027-06||[[File: Fcn027-06.jpg|frameless|100px]]||JRA-PAT||JRA||Horse racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN030-01||[[File: PiT FCN030-01.jpg|frameless|100px]]||PiT - Motorboat Race||[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E7%AB%B6%E8%B5%B0%E4%BC%9A National Motor Boat Racing Federation]||Boat racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|FCN030-02||[[File: PiT FCN030-02.jpg|frameless|100px]]||PiT - Motorboat Race||National Motor Boat Racing Federation||Boat racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|FCN030-03||[[File: PiT FCN030-03.jpg|frameless|100px]]||PiT - Motorboat Race||National Motor Boat Racing Federation||Boat racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''
|-
|Unknown||[[File: Ffs card early.jpg|frameless|100px]][[File: Ffs card.jpg|frameless|100px]]||Famicom Fitness System||Bridgestone||Fitness Management||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown||[[File: Fcn go.png|frameless|100px]]||[[#Note|Go]]||Nintendo||Video Game||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<be>

====TV-NET====
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
! Image !! ROM Name !! Company !! Content !! Status
|-
|[[File: Pist.jpg|frameless|center|100px]]||Pist (ピスト) aka CYCLE-NET<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190530224507/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/p23.jpg Nikkei Marketing Journal Issue Jul 13, 1989] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>||[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JKA_Foundation Japan Professional Cyclist Union]||Cycle racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|[[File: JRA-PAT microcore.jpg|frameless|200px]]||JRA-PAT||JRA||Horse racing vote||Cart <span style="color:Green;">'''Found'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|[[File:Sakemonogatari photo.jpg|center|150px]]||Sakemonogatari Network System (酒物語ネットワークサービス)||[http://oboshi.co.jp/ Ōboshi Okamura]||Liquor Information Service||Cart <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>ROM <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
<be>

===Unknown===
====EYE-NET PART II====
Status: <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>
''EYE-NET PART II'' is a communication service for Famicom of EYE-NET, a PC communication service provided by Fujimic in 1985, but it is not clear whether the service is provided on a cartridge or on the Captain System. The service offered mainly news, lifestyle information, and quizzes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125944/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p45.jpg Nihon Kogyo Shimbun Issue Jul 13, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320130043/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p46.jpg Nikken Business Daily Issue Jul 13, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>

<br>
====Famicom telecommunication service by Mitsui Group====
Status: <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span><br>
In March 1990, the Mitsui Group entered the telecommunication service using Famicom with its then 81 subsidiaries and conducted a monitoring experiment with 200 households.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125945/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p30.jpg Mainichi Shimbun Issue Mar 27, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125946/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/2/p32.jpg Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Issue May 1, 1990] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> The service provided shopping information, event and travel information, and financial product information. However, it is unclear whether this service was provided to Nintendo or Micro Core.
In December 1989, Mitsui's subsidiary at the time, Mitsuigin Software Service, in cooperation with Micro Core, developed "R-Net/FC," a host system that can be connected to Famicom, so it is possible that this service also entered the Micro Core side.

<br>
====HIT-NET====
Status: <span style="color:grey;">'''Existence Unconfirmed'''</span><br>
''HIT-NET'' is a common telecommunication service concept that can be used for both Nomura-Nintendo and Micro Core systems, as proposed by NTT.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125946/http://www.microcore.jp/publicity/newspaper/p11.jpg Nikken Business Daily Issue Sep 28, 1988] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref> Insurance companies, transportation companies, and others had decided to participate in this concept<ref>[https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19880801p.pdf Game Machine Issue Aug 1, 1988] Retrieved 9 Oct '22</ref>, but there is no record of this concept ever being realized.

==Availability==
Many of the brokerage firms, city banks, and local banks that started communication services using Famicom have since gone bankrupt or merged, making it very difficult to search for the ROM cartridges they provided. Furthermore, the Captain System was terminated on March 31, 2002, so it can be said to be lost forever.

==Gallery==
===Commercials===
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  |service1     =youtube
  |id1          =Als-M2JYc3g
  |description1 =Nomura no Famicom Trade
  |service2     =youtube
  |id2          =8te_4GqFFZk
  |description2 =Universal no My Trade
  |service3     =youtube
  |id3          =1g7u1-kzxT0
  |description3 =Sunline F-II
  |service4     =youtube
  |id4          =xsnQW7cupVc
  |description4 =Okasan no Famicom Trade
}}
{{Video|perrow  =3
  |service1     =youtube
  |id1          =xsnQW7cupVc
  |description1 =Okasan no Famicom Trade
  |service2     =youtube
  |id2          =ZNzNprUcQMI
  |description2 =Video of TV-NET start-up screen with no card inserted.
  |service3     =youtube
  |id3          =qELTf1xNBfQ
  |description3 =Video of JRA-PAT (Famicom Network System) operation screen.
}}
===Screencaps===
====Famicom Anser====
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
Famicom anser screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Nomura no Famicom Trade====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Nomura 01 03 screen.jpg
Nomura 05 screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Super Mario Club====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Smc screen.jpg
Smc test screen.jpg
</gallery>
====JRA-PAT (Micro Core)====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Jrapat microcore screen 1.jpg
Jrapat microcore screen 2.jpg
</gallery>
====Daiwa no My Trade====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Daiwa screen 1.jpg
Daiwa screen 2.jpg
Daiwa screen 3.jpg
Daiwa screen 4.jpg
</gallery>
====Pist====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Pist screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Sanwa no Personal Banking - PEGASUS====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Pegasus screeen.jpg
</gallery>
====Heart no Benrikun Mini====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Heart benri screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Sumitomo no Banking Service - Homeline====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Sumitomo screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Nikko no Home Trade One FC====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Nikko screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Universal no My Trade====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Universal screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Tokyo Shōken Home Trade====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Tokyo home trade screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Century no My Trade====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Century screen.jpg
</gallery>
====PiT====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Pit screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Sunline F====
<gallery mode=packed heights=120px>
Sunline screen.jpg
</gallery>
====Famicom Fitness System====
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
Ffs screencap1.jpg
Ffs screencap2.jpg
</gallery>
===Ads and Articles===
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
Nomura ad.jpg
Yamaichi ad.jpg
Sunline ad.jpg
Sanyo ad.jpg
Printer System ad.jpg
Articles that Topic HIT-NET in Famitsu.jpg
Sakemonogatari Network article.jpg
Fitness system flyer.jpg
Fitness system flyer2.jpg
Fitness system ad1.jpg
Fitness system ad2.jpg
Fitness system ad3.jpg
Fitness system ad4.jpg
Fitness system ad5.jpg
Fitness system article.jpg
Ffs newspaper article1.jpg|July 6, 1989, Nihon Keizai Shimbun reporting the launch of the FFS.
</gallery>
==Note==
* Because horse race voting was so popular, JRA-PAT remained in use after the decline of the Famicom Network System and was discontinued on July 31, 2015.
* Uemura envisioned video games using telecommunication services and made prototypes of five games, including Go, but cancelled them because they would have required a long phone line connection and could have been too expensive.
<br>
==External Links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Computer_Network_System Family Computer Network System - Wikipedia]
* [http://microcore.jp/publicity/publicity.html Micro Core Website - Newspaper and Magazine Archives]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010506175100/http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown/4007/phy07d.html ディスクシステム構想]
* [http://jironosuke.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2010/09/post-8c03.html Jironosuke's Blog 1]
* [http://jironosuke.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2013/12/post-927d.html Jironosuke's Blog 2]
* [http://jironosuke.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2014/05/2-f3a6.html Jironosuke's Blog 3]
* [http://jironosuke.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2015/06/3-4b7d.html Jironosuke's Blog 4]
* [http://jironosuke.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2015/07/post-8029.html Jironosuke's Blog 5]
* [https://datomatic.nointro.org/index.php?page=search&s=149 Dat-O-Matic - Famicom Network System]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}
[[Category:Lost video games]]
[[Category:Miscellaneous lost media]]
[[Category:Partially found media]]
[[Category:Historic]]