Skies of Arcadia US save game in EU version?

[siro]

Hi,

I started the game with the NTSC version I got from #segadc. Unfortunately the game crashes on the flight to Valua after getting the green Moonstone when loading (prolly a cutscene). So I got myself the Echelon release which is the EU (thus PAL) version. I can't load the save games, is there any workaround for that?