How do you tell which is the USA and which is the Europe 1st_read.bin?
I don`t know - my 1st_read.bin was Europe and its working, but 1 man tryed it with another 1st_read.bin and it didn`t work(but after trying with my bin file game start working) - so thats how i know about USA bin file.
Does the game still hang with a black screen (music still playing) when you exit the inventory screen after doing these modifications?
No, game working just brilliant - there is no any kind of bugs what you are talking about... Looks like only USA versions have that bug...
Well, about manipulations:
1)Download Exoboot from here
http://www.emutalk.net/attachment.p...achmentid=17341 and install it.
2)Copy ALL files and directories from your Eshelon disk in Exoboot folder "DATA"
3)Replace old 1st_read.bin with your normal 1st_read.bin file.
4)Lunch Exoboot and choose "Mode3"(Data to CD or image) and push "continue"
5)Set a "bird" to "Create image from the data files" and enter the name of the that image in "Game name" field.
6)Push continue and program will create fixed image file.