🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi!
Okay, from what I've seen, back in the ooold days (when cga was master),
4 color in Low-res is good.  Now, vga is the standard.
First of all, if the game is done through programming only (no digitized
graphics, no hand-drawn pictures, and that sophisticated things), then
less than 256 color is possible.  For instance, Thexder 2 (Hmm, I know this
game is old, but that's an example), if u put it in MCGA mode, it will
use some colors, but much less than 256.  
However, if u digitized something, to make it NOT 256 is hard, unless u
specify that in the scanning program.
By the way, only vga is capable of producing >16 color (in graphics), so
if a game uses 17 color, well, it's using vga card (I know that some special
modes can be forced, even on cga u can get 16 in graphics, and 32 in ega, but
that's another story.. :))

Hope this will answer, and sorry, u lose your bet.