well,
by causing a fatal error in the ROM, i found that hooh on the title screen actually has differnt palette references for different bits, by changing some of its regular palette i got the coloured hooh
and i used a titlescreen patch and tile layer pro to change the text to bright gold
unfortunately i couldnt be bothered looking for the offset so i just scanned for it whilst i was scrolling :)
not sure when i'll release a beta, im not doing much work on the hack because of exams and the fact im learning to play the guitar :P