Similarly there’s the feeling of DONE for games of that era. Burn that Gold Master, or mask those cartridge ROMs, and it’s done. Fini.
Whatever shenanigans were done late in the project, if it passed QA, that code base was effectively read only, with little concern for ongoing maintenance.
On to the next one.
You can pretty much play any game pre PS3 era still enjoy it to it's fullest.