What games should I play before Evoland?

[An Easy Target]

I want to buy and play. The premise impresses me and looks interesting.

However, I have missed out on the majority of games which Evoland is likely paying homage to, and hoping to invoke memories and sentiment about. I want to play titles from the original time period(s) before I invest in this work.

Would anyone have any recommendations for contemporary games I could try out from the respective eras Evoland is paying tribute to? Preferably if available on PC or PS4- I want to actually buy and try, not just look them up- but I'm open to almost any suggestion.

[aquatorrent]

Iirc the tribute in the first game is only:
- the legend of zelda (any top down, sprite version. Ex: oracle of season, minish cap)
- final fantasy (any turn-based version. Ex: ff 7, or any similar old turn based games like breath of fire 2 should work)
- diablo (i didnt know much about this in detail since i never play diablo, sorry)

If you want to buy and play recent games that are related to it, you can buy
https://store.steampowered.com/app/446810/
Or https://store.steampowered.com/app/342490/Shipwreck/
For a shorter version (only 3h long iirc)

For legend of zelda

For ff, it's a bit hard since most turn based interfaces are modified years after the initial ff version was released, but you can always buy their remake version
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/21478/FINAL_FANTASY_IVI_Bundle/

If they are too expensive (they did), just try any rpg maker games. To be honest, steam isnt a good place to find good rpg maker games, but this is the only one i could think of that has the similar look and better quality than other rpg maker games
https://store.steampowered.com/app/461820/Legionwood_1_Tale_of_the_Two_Swords/

As for diablo, since i never played it, i cant help much, sorry

[Phillip]

everything because it's awful