How to find out if Famicom is broken?

[ericj]

I still think your famiclone requires DC. I've never seen one that uses AC except for the NES, and it has a diode bridge in it so it can work on either AC or DC.  As for the sticker, it can be interpreted in a few different ways--after all, it is called an AC adapter. My famiclone has the same sticker on the bottom of it and it uses DC.

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm not.  It shouldn't be too hard to figure out if you examine the power supply board.

[untinip]

I agree. Try it with a DC-adapter, with the center pole being negative.

As to your console being a Famiclone; first, "Nintendo" isn't written anywhere, and second the text describing what the buttons on top of the console do is in English, whilst on the official Famicom it's in Japanese, and third the controllers doesn't look like the ones on an official Famicom - take a look at the pictures on this page:
http://famicomworld.com/system/

This doesn't mean it's a bad console, though. It just means it wasn't manufactured by Nintendo.

[The Great Famicom]

You're right, the controllers really look different.

So I'll try to get a DC Adapter today, but if this one will blow the famiclone, I'll post a lot of them sad smileys!

[untinip]

Actually, consoles that use AC-adapters can use DC-adapters, but not the other way around. I sometimes power my NES with a DC-adapter (when I can't find its AC-adapter).

[The Great Famicom]

Alright, I just bought a new adapter and I can switch voltage to either 9 or 12 V. Which setting can you recommend? It has 1000mA but there is still the question of polarity, is it + or -?

Thanks people.

[untinip]

Use 10V if possible, else use 9V. The center pin should be negative, but if that doesn't work then you could try and reverse the polarity. I'd say if the console didn't already break because of the AC-adapter, then it shouldn't break if you try DC power with the wrong polarity for a second or so...

[The Great Famicom]

Guys! You won't belive it. It works!!! I just launched "The Goonies" and both, picture and sound are awesome!

Thank you very much for your help.

[ericj]

Glad it works for you! 

[untinip]

Congratulations! I hope you'll have many hours fun with it!

[The Great Famicom]

Playing this one on a 40inch screen is amazing.

[untinip]

Try putting your console as close to the screen as possible. That way the screen's picture will be in focus, and the picture will look huge compared to the little console

[The Great Famicom]

Looking at your games section convinced me that I might actually have a clone. The Goonies cartridge for example looks different from your's. And Nintendo can't be read on any of these. That's really weird since the game itself is absolutely the same (judging from the screenshots.)

Did they copy the games and put them in different cartridges?

See this picture:
Post Merge: March 08, 2012, 12:02:00 am
sorry, here's the picture:

[untinip]

They're pirate cartridges, yes. Someone have read the game of the original cartridge and manufactured copies of it.

[The Great Famicom]

I can't  believe that this was cheaper than just creating your own game.

[untinip]

Sure it is. You can compare it to movies; it's much cheaper to copy a Hollywood DVD-movie onto a DVD-R than it is to make your own movie from scratch.