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This stage is probably the closest in overall appearence and general coloring across all three ports, but the Mega Drive version does lose some shading. The floor, Golden Nugget and Golden Goose signs are closest in color to the Arcade on the Super Famicom port. The Mega Drive version may not have as nice or vibrant colors or as much shading as the PC Engine version, but much of the overall coloring is closer to the Arcade. The Super Famicom version has the most amount of animating lights, in number of objects which animate, overall frames and unique alterations (making it noticibly different than the Arcade). The PC Engine version animates the lights pretty much the same as the Arcade, except it also has the orange/red columns glowing like the Super Famicom version (only with less animation). Some of the tiles used for the crowd don't match up in color as they overlap onto the orange/red columns (similar to Guile's stage). The PC Engine version is also missing a sign in the distant top right. The Mega Drive version has the least amount of animating lights, probably half as many as the PC Engine or Arcade. For the three center spectators, the guy on the the left has blue pants and shirt on the Super Famicom while the other versions are fairly consistant with orange and red clothes. The middle guy looks similar on PC Engine and Super Famicom, while the Mega Drive's lighter colors look more like the Arcade. The guy on the right again looks very similar on PC Engine and Super Famicom but has blue pants. The Mega Drive version retains the Arcade's brown pants, but the jacket is shaded light blue instead of grey. Both the Mega Drive and Super Famicom versions have three background layers.
This stage is one of the worst for color on the Mega Drive. The coloring isn't just different, many clashing and unattractive colors are used making the faithful art from the other ports appear uglier even though there isn't a major loss in shading. The floor and purple stage are very similar on PC Engine and Super Famicom. The headbanging guy sitting at the tables has an Arcade faithful pink shirt on PC Engine. The dancers on the PC Engine version have different artwork than the the other two ports. Only the PC Engine version has the two guitarists from the Arcade, both of which animate. The PC Engine version is the only one missing the "Mesan Bela Taberna" sign. The sign and lights don't animate on the Mega Drive version. The Mega Drive and Super Famicom versions each have three background layers.
The PC Engine and Super Famicom versions are very similar except for a difference in color of a few key sections and overall noticibly more vibrant colors on the PC Engine. The Mega Drive version holds up pretty well on this stage, even with all the recycling of colors, except for the awful peach sky. It has some unique shading to make full use of the colors it has to share. The base of the boat and railing are colored like the Arcade on PC Engine and Mega Drive. The smoke stack is colored like the Arcade on Super Famicom. The Mega Drive version has a dented oil drum like the Arcade. The Mega Drive and Super Famicom versions both have the same two layered backgrounds.
The PC Engine's colors are more vibrant than usual over the Super Famicom version, which is overall more like the Arcade. The Mega Drive version is missing some shading, but it stands out more as the colors are almost a grey scale version of the other ports. Only the Mega Drive port has animation for the guy in the alley and the running water which also flows onto the street from the basin the girl is washing in. The green box that has some sort of symbols written on it in the Arcade version, looks like "o2" on PC Engine and Super Famicom, but clearly says "JOE" on the Mega Drive version. The PC Engine version is the only port with the complete red lettered message on the vertical yellow sign on the pole at the center of the stage. The other ports are each missing symbols. The PC Engine port is also the only one with the two rocks along the foreground like the Arcade. The guy sitting next to the chicken handler has his head modeled after the Arcade on the PC Engine version, but is different on the other ports. There are no background layers for this stage in the console ports.
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