Pause command in 7800Basic

[+atari2600land]

It looks like when you use the pause command in 7800Basic, it automatically grays out the colors. But what if you don't want that to happen? Is there a way to prevent this?

pause
   restorescreen
   if pausestate=1 then plotchars 'PAUSED' 5 18 20
   return

This code pauses the game, but it automatically makes all colors on screen shades of gray.

[RevEng]

It's part of the built-in pause-handler. If you don't want it, you could roll your own pause-handler (https://www.randomterrain.com/7800basic.html#pausing) or alternatively you could search std_routines.asm for "colorburst" and comment out the line that contains that word.

[+atari2600land]

Cool! Thanks, RevEng! BTW, I just now noticed your avatar changes colors.

[RevEng]

You're welcome!

I set the avatar color change to take a while, mostly to be sneaky.