Is PS3's PS2 emulation region free?

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Boaby Kenobi
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Is PS3's PS2 emulation region free?

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I own one of the 60GB European PS3s and I wanted to get Fire Pro Wrestling Returns but I don't have an NTSC PS2 and I can't get a clear definition from Google on the subject.
Does anyone know if the emulation on the PS3 is region free? if it is then it means I can get all sorts of games from Play-Asia etc.
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Post by diehllane »

From what I read on Wikipedia, the backwards compatibility is region-locked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps3_games

Scroll down to Backwards Compatibility and it's the end of the first paragraph.
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Post by Boaby Kenobi »

Thanks for clearing that up for me.
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