First I've heard of Afterplay. I was a little confused about how this was any different from GOG since GOG is called Good Old Games, I was hoping that it would actually have the old games. I checked it out.

For those also wondering. Short version, it's a Chrome app that allows you to upload your ROMs to their cloud storage then play them in the browser.

I want to love Afterplay, but I get intermittent brief stutters on every game across multiple devices. It’s a great concept with great design, but the technical execution has been deeply problematic for me.

Regarding the "click and play" nature, not every game will load in under 10 seconds, especially as they're planning for Dreamcast and PSP next. It works for most platforms, but not as well for CD/DVD based ones

The store for indie ROMs is interesting.

Garou: Mark of the Wolves shocked me. I was testing the Neo Geo core and ended up playing it for way longer than I meant to. The sprites are massive, the animation’s great, it still looks good now. The thing that surprised me most was the sound, actual voices and an announcer, not the bleepy chip stuff you’d expect from that era. The Neo Geo came out in 1990 and you could buy one for your living room, I just didn’t expect it to sound that good.

The hardware was old, but G:MW is from 1999 and not too different from what King of Fighters 94 offered in terms of graphics and sound, 5 years prior. Also, only rich kids could buy the Neo Geo, it was expensive as hell, the huge cartridges too.