I would argue was even more the case during the earliest days of the web. It was really a open, untamed, wild west feeling, like anything was possible.
Then the corporatization of the internet happened during the dotcom bubble, and all hell broke loose, we know the rest.
Zelda II The Adventure of Link
Super Metroid
Another World / Out of This World
Myst
Doom
Honorable mention goes to Super Mario Land.