alright, alright, alright...I took some more pics after all the requests:
It fits fine in the slots, and plays fine.
I opened up the cd, not sure why I didn't do this earlier. It's clearly authentic NeoGeo eprom, probably a repair!
I also compared the manual yellow to my pantone book, dead nutz on. I even looked at the manual with my loupe, off set printing can even smell the soy-ink.
It's hard to deny this is a boot, I wonder if Lamuna, would want to trade? Granted he'd have to chip in some cash.