Would I be able to plug an Nintendo 64 from North America, with North American games, into a television in Europe? I heard of this PAL vs NTSC, and know the games must match the console, but does the console have to match the TV?

Yes. US have NTSC screens, Europe has PAL. They can't live in harmony. If the game is made for NTSC (it's usually written on the box) it won't work on a European PAL TV.

The plugs / outlets are different, if I remember from my last visit to England.

It will probably work if your tv's multi-system.

Depends on the System/Input/TV/Game

 

Most "modern" TVs support 60Hz and thus there should be no problem connecting your 360/PS3 or whatever to them, especially via HDMI etc.

 

However for older consoles there could be a problem (even PS2s). I know quite a lot of PAL PS2 games only support 50Hz and I imagine all NTSC ones only support 60Hz. Actually, that shouldn't be a problem going from America to Europe, but the other way around I imagine it would be.

 

Older TVs that don't do 60Hz won't work at all.

 

For power, I'm not exactly sure. The standard socket changes *should* work but to be honest I wouldn't want to risk it. Not sure if just getting a different cable would work as I'm not sure of the difference in the power supplies themselves (I guess if all the power stuff is external there'd be no harm in that) but for example I'm fairly surely just getting a different cable for a PC Power Supply would not end well.

It's not just the TV that's the problem, but the voltage that's supplied from the socket. Over in America your normal wall socket will supply 110V, over here in the UK (and I'm pretty sure for the rest of Europe) it's about 230V. I don't know if the N64 has an internal or external transformer, but you could have problems if your console isn't getting enough power, or if it's getting too much, even if you are using a plug adapter.