MAME style ROM format works fine. Here the example from the commercial XenoCrisis
BB01-c1.c1
BB01-c2.c2
BB01-m1.m1
BB01-p1.p1
BB01-p2.p2
BB01-s1.s1
BB01-v1v1
neogeo.xml
Or here from MetalSlug2
241-c1.c1
241-c2.c2
241-c3.c3
241-c4.C4
241-m1.m1
241-p1.p1
241-p2.sp2
241-s1.s1
241-v1.v1
241-v2.v2
Or here from Homebrew WorldRacer
wridracr.c1
wrldracr.c2
wridracr.m1
wrldracr.p1
wridracr.s1
wridracr.v1