Is there a way to use NTSC game save in a PAL game?

lmagus · February 8th, 2008, 17:27

Hello guys,

I was playing until recently the NTSC/US version of FFXII. I got really annoyed with the video problem and I heard that if you played the PAL version of the game the videos would play fine.

So there i went and bought the PAL/UK version.. It's a really hard task to buy original games in Brazil. Takes time and it's always very expensive.

Well, to my surprise, I can't use my old saves on the PAL game, and save states wont work either.

Could anyone give me a hand? I'm quite disapointed to have spent so much money =(

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T D · February 8th, 2008, 17:39

PAL and NTSC saves aren't usually interchangable since the game's usually different in some way.
Except someone found a way with FFX but I haven't tried it - don't need to, and I think it's ffx only

Phoenix Flame · February 9th, 2008, 02:50

There is a way to do it as I successfully converted my NTSC saves to PAL about a year ago.

Download the program uLaunchELF and run it, you'll be able to see all the files that are on the memory card. See all the folders that start with BASLUS-20963FF12? Those are your FF12 saves. The BASLUS-20963 is the code for the US version of FF12. If you rename those and the files within them to start with BASLES-54354FF12 then you might be able to run them using the PAL version ... although it's been a long time since I did it so that might not be exactly correct.

Qaddafi · February 9th, 2008, 02:51

yeah that should work I think there is a guide in the stikies that explains how to do this, Just look around.

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February 8th, 2008, 17:27	#1
lmagus Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brazil Posts: 28	Is there a way to use NTSC game save in a PAL game? Hello guys, I was playing until recently the NTSC/US version of FFXII. I got really annoyed with the video problem and I heard that if you played the PAL version of the game the videos would play fine. So there i went and bought the PAL/UK version.. It's a really hard task to buy original games in Brazil. Takes time and it's always very expensive. Well, to my surprise, I can't use my old saves on the PAL game, and save states wont work either. Could anyone give me a hand? I'm quite disapointed to have spent so much money =( __________________ CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q6600 @ 4.0Ghz MB: Asus P5K Premium Wi-Fi VGA: GeForce 8800GTS 512mb RAM: 2 x 2GB GSkill Pi 1000 @ 1166 5-5-5-15 Monitor: Samsung 245T 24" 1920 x 1200 PSU: Corsair HX 620W

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February 8th, 2008, 17:39	#2
T D Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: London Posts: 60	PAL and NTSC saves aren't usually interchangable since the game's usually different in some way. Except someone found a way with FFX but I haven't tried it - don't need to, and I think it's ffx only __________________ Q6600 G0@3.39ghz\|2gb DDR2-800\|ATI X1950 Pro\|SM2232 22"\|TR Ultra 120 Extreme\|Antec Sonata\|Accelero S1\|A crap load of fans

February 9th, 2008, 02:50	#3
Phoenix Flame Flood Yourself Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,349	There is a way to do it as I successfully converted my NTSC saves to PAL about a year ago. Download the program uLaunchELF and run it, you'll be able to see all the files that are on the memory card. See all the folders that start with BASLUS-20963FF12? Those are your FF12 saves. The BASLUS-20963 is the code for the US version of FF12. If you rename those and the files within them to start with BASLES-54354FF12 then you might be able to run them using the PAL version ... although it's been a long time since I did it so that might not be exactly correct.

February 9th, 2008, 02:51	#4
Qaddafi Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In my mind...I wish Posts: 247	yeah that should work I think there is a guide in the stikies that explains how to do this, Just look around. __________________ PC: 1 AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor@ 2.30 GHz 8 GB RAM ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics@ 256 MB RAM DX 10.1 PC 2: AMD Athlon64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000 Each Core Operates at 2.6 GhZ,2x512KB L2 Cache ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512 MB Ram DX 9.0c 2048 MB Ram