here are the contents of stdout. I didn't see any change of color depth, but i'm not well versed on reading logs.
Starting Mednafen 1.21.3
Build information:
Compiled with gcc 4.9.4
Running with MinGW-W64 Runtime 5.0 (alpha - rev. 0) 0000-00-00
Compiled against zlib 1.2.8, running with zlib 1.2.8(flags=0x00000065)
Compiled against libiconv 15.1, running with libiconv 15.1
Compiled against SDL 2.0.8(hg-11835:f622a4457a25), running with SDL 2.0.8(hg-11835:f622a4457a25)
Running with libsndfile-1.0.28
Base directory: C:\Hyperspin\Emulators\turbografx 16\mednafen
Emulation modules: nes snes gb gba pce lynx md pcfx ngp psx ss ssfplay vb wswan sms gg snes_faust pce_fast demo cdplay
Opening lockfile...
Loading settings from "C:\Hyperspin\Emulators\turbografx 16\mednafen\mednafen.cfg"...
Loaded 7396 valid settings and 129 unknown settings.
Initializing joysticks...
ID: 0x000000000000000000010004f3ff0000 - XInput Unknown Controller
ID: 0x000000000000000000010004f3ff0001 - XInput Unknown Controller
ID: 0x000000000000000000010004f3ff0002 - XInput Unknown Controller
ID: 0x000000000000000000010004f3ff0003 - XInput Unknown Controller
Loading C:\game extracts\Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1)\Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1).cue...
Loading SBI file "C:\game extracts\Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1)\Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1).sbi"...
Error: Error opening file "C:\game extracts\Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1)\Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1).sbi": No such file or directory
CD 1 TOC:
Disc Type: 0x20 (CD-XA)
First Track: 1
Last Track: 1
Track 1, MSF: 00:02:00, LBA: 0 DATA
Leadout: 314930 DATA
Using module: psx(Sony PlayStation)
Loading override settings from "C:\Hyperspin\Emulators\turbografx 16\mednafen\psx.cfg"...
Failed: Error opening file "C:\Hyperspin\Emulators\turbografx 16\mednafen\psx.cfg": No such file or directory
Loading override settings from "C:\Hyperspin\Emulators\turbografx 16\mednafen\pgconfig\Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1).psx.cfg"...
Failed: Error opening file "C:\Hyperspin\Emulators\turbografx 16\mednafen\pgconfig\Final Fantasy IX (USA) (Disc 1).psx.cfg": No such file or directory
Emulated Disc SCEx IDs:
Disc 1: SCEA
Region: North America
Multitap on PSX Port 1: Enabled
Multitap on PSX Port 2: Enabled
Loading cheats from C:\Hyperspin\Emulators\turbografx 16\mednafen\cheats\psx.cht...
Error opening file "C:\Hyperspin\Emulators\turbografx 16\mednafen\cheats\psx.cht": No such file or directory
Initializing sound...
Using "WASAPI(Shared mode)" audio driver with SexyAL's default device selection.
Format: 16 bits(signed, 2 bytes, little-endian)
Rate: 192000
Channels: 2
Buffer size: 6144 sample frames(32.000000 ms)
Latency: 6656 sample frames(34.666667 ms)
Initializing video...
Driver: OpenGL
Display Mode: 2560 x 240 x 24 bpp @ 60Hz (Window: 2560 x 240)
Shader: none
Fullscreen: Yes
Special Scaler: None
Scanlines: Off
Destination Rectangle: X=0, Y=0, W=2560, H=240
OpenGL Implementation: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon (TM) R9 380 Series 4.5.13521 Compatibility Profile Context 24.20.11016.4
Checking extensions:
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two found.
GL_ARB_sync found.
Using non-power-of-2 sized textures.
Checking maximum texture size...
Apparently it is at least: 16384 x 16384
Using GL_BGRA, GL_UNSIGNED_INT_8_8_8_8_REV for texture source data.