The forgotten prominence of MIDI theme songs in the early Attitude era

Something I rarely hear mentioned about the Attitude era, particularly from 1997-99, is the slew of WWF websites on Geocities and Homestead in the late 90s loaded with MIDI instrumental theme songs. Even the Nintendo 64 version of WarZone used them. In the days when mp3s were very infant and took way too long to download, these cheesy, tinny recreated theme songs were a staple for many fans. Obviously they are total obsolete today, but back in the day they were serviceable and made you truly appreciate the tracks that received CD releases