What's The Name Of This Game? - SNES, Sidescroller

Need help in finding this sidescroller adventure NES game (it could be a japanese nes game). Been trying to find it for years but still cant. It starts with a story about a small town whose villagers were magically turned into stone (complete with somber background music). The hero begins his adventure inside a cave with waterfalls and pits. I can't remember if he can jump, but one of his primary means of getting around is by the use of a grappling hook at its end which he throws at ceilings. Then the other end becomes anchored to his position so he can climb up to the end of his hook and jump off easily. He can pick up and use special weapons, one at a time (much like in Castlevania), which includes a knife, a gun, a sandbag trap (?!?), a bomb (???) etc... He finds the first boss (a DRAGON) by riding on a raft in the underground river until he reaches the a waterfall complex and there the duel begins. I remember that I used the gun to easily finish the thing off..Any ideas what this game might be???? -question by rabathos

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Xardion
What's The Name Of This Game?

Replying to (G)RabiDog

 Found it and finished it. It's called Xardion.

-reply by RabiDog

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SNES Robot Game
What's The Name Of This Game?

Hello fellow SNES nostalgics,

I've searched everywhere before asking here but I can't find the name of this game I once Played on SNES. It was in japanesse, made by Konami and it featured three robots, one I  Can't remember what it was like, more like the warrior from Diablo, plain and simple,  Another was a type of mage, had a metal staff and could summon black holes from it's tip  And the last was the ranger/thief type, small and agile and it could transform into a fox Or some kind of feline.

I have no idea what the story is because it was all in japanesse but I remember the first  Boss was a water like creature and you would arrive very quickly at it. And I remember in  The beggining, after a few screens, if you played with the thief character or whatever it Was, you could morph into the fox and walk under some screens, it was a kind of tutorial, To show you what your robot can do, otherwise you would go above and face some enemies.

And one more thing, it was frame based, like some old RPGs (Eye of the Beholder), only You looked at the screen from the side, not the front. The graphics, from what I  Remember, where pretty cool for that time.

Thank you.

-question by RabiDog

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I am also trying to find a similar game. All I can remember is that it was on SNES and your character was a yellow robot and it could fly. The first stage was a construction site type place in front of a city backdrop. I checked the previous listed games, and I know its not Front Mission, Metal Marines, or any other listed titles.

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Oh, and btw, as for the other two questions...

Nostalgia, the game you've played might just be Front Mission, although if you played it domestically, it was most definitely something else. Probably Metal Marines, which is often confused with Metal Warriors, hah.

Clinton, the game you're thinking of is definitely the King of Dragons. This is one of my all time favorites, and I enjoy playing it to this day with friends. Although given its difficulty, you can always utilize the 99-lives exploit that's done at the beginning of the game...

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