Yeah, its a good way to pass using save state.
I most play on CVGS (I just hate that this one doesn't have save state) and when I tried to find a solution for this problem, I saw a page that said you have to restart the emulator 36 times
in the last time, Deus can use the attack, but it won't freeze the game... well, I don't know if its true, but the last time I played this one, he used the attack and the game didn't freeze...
well, pure luck...