There are plenty of games to enjoy today, though maybe not as fully-rounded and scene-changing as back then.
Still I'm sure you can find something to enjoy. I have a backlog of 170+.
Oh sure, I have a gigantic backlog, although most of it are classic games. But of course there are also new games worth playing, no argument here.
But the late 90‘s and early 2000‘s were something else, each year was PACKED with games that are now considered timeless classics. And we are talking proper, middle or big budget productions here, not indy type stuff. It was beautiful and you had to be there to really appreciate it.
I was there but being a kid I didn't have actual money to sink on it like I do now.
Back then I had an allowance shared with my older brother and it mostly went to buying comics, Magic cards (up to 2000), and D&D materials after.
Music also kept me alive through that difficult time (for me), so I started my record collection in 2000 too.
I wish I could have lived those times fuller. My first PC was in 1996, and I still got a good chunk of it: Mechwarrior 2, Mechwarrior Mercenaries, Privateer The Darkening, Warhammer Shadow of the Horned Rat, Rebel Assault, Baldur's Gate (the poor Pentium I @150 MHz coughed a lot), and more.
In that time I dabbled into a variety of different things, now I can do them more seriously.
My brother really was a bandwagoner with the popular games, such as The Darkening. Well, that time he got it right.
I think I only missed in the gaming department. 1997, 1998, and to a lesser degree 1999 were like the best years of my life. There have been really good years recently but not as legendary as those. I mean generally, not just in the gaming sense.