I"m trying to play an old CD-rom game but it needs the colors to be set to 256?

Question

when i go to control panel and display i can only change the color setting to 16 or 32.

is there any way i will be able to play this game or is it a lost cause?

Answer 1

In the shortcut or in the executable file of the game, do a right click and go to Properties, in the Compatibilty tab, check the option to execute application with 256 colors, also you may have to select compatibility with windows 98, depending how old the game is.