Ok, I've been searching for a game on and off for a few years now. Its an old school game, I believe it was for the Sega Genesis, but, it may be for NES or SNES. Anyways, there's only a couple things I can remember about the game. It had a RPG style to it. There was an overworld or world map, much like in Final Fantasy. But, (although I don't remember exactly), I'm pretty sure the world map was the only "top-down" view, I think each location had a side scroll view to it. Actually, now that I think about it, I'd say it's like a cross between Final Fantasy and Zelda II, though somewhat more modern, because I believe there was a gun for a weapon. I know there was at least some sort of technology in the game. The last thing I remember is one specific location. When you went to it, it had the side scroll view, and there was like this lake of lava. I remember you couldn't pass this area unless you had some type of suit or armor. Though I can't remember if you had to buy it at a shop or if you had to get it in some other manner.
I do believe at some point, either in a sort of help or system message, or from one of the NPC's, you were told what you needed in order to get through the lava; possibly a sign you had to read.
Any ideas?