https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57584
--- Comment #2 from Alex Henrie alexhenrie24@gmail.com --- There are quite a few 90's games that demand 8-bit color mode: Bug 46666 is one example. That's why Windows has a "Reduced color mode" checkbox among its compatibility options. See https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/256-Color-Mode for more information.
It wouldn't be as big of a problem if Wine could emulate 8-bit color mode in the X11 driver, transparently translating 8-bit colors to 32-bit colors like in Windows's compatibility mode.