I was thinking about buying the Japanese version of FFVIII, but I'm worried that I won't be able to play it on my American console. I have swap magic for ps2 games, but I don't think that it would work for a ps1 game... FFVIII is in NTSC-J format and I heard American ps1 consoles can play NTSC-J games, but I want to make sure before buying... Does anyone know if this is true?

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I'm fine with playing FFVIII on my old ps1, but it would be even better if I could play it on my ps2. Is there something like swap magic that would allow me to play import ps1 games on my ps2?

Thank you~!