The Special Coins that appear throughout the game were directly inspired by the DK Coins in the Donkey Kong series. Lead developer Dopply revealed this while watching a livestream of Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore by Frich's voice actor, Vinny Vinesauce, posting a comment in his Twitch chat after he highlighted the similarities.

Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is heavily inspired by Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, two games generally considered bad that have sustained a long lasting popularity as a meme. Arzette creator Seth Fulkerson noted that, although his first introduction to the CD-i Zelda games was through YouTube Poops and memes, he had a sincere love for the titles and was not making his game as a joke nor an attempt to shock people, but rather to bring the redeeming qualities he felt those games had to the forefront.