Or if you want to go along the Win9x road and take advantage of the latest graphics cards and accelerators then try to learn a bit about the various API's out there. DirectX 6.1 gives you a generic framework to interface lowlevel 2D graphics, 3D, input, sound, network, etc. This means you don't have to write code for every piece of hardware under the sun. You can get the SDK from Microsoft's website at www.microsoft.com/directx under developers serction (I think they are making you pay for it now though and saying it covers the cost of a CD as an excuse).

Another good one to learn is OpenGL (an open source graphics library developed by Silicon Graphics Inc.) which is a popular, portable 3D library.

There are more specific APIs for certain graphics cards like 3dfx's Glide aswell.

Most (half decent) games nowdays use a combination of a few popular APIs.

[This message has been edited by BigBird (edited July 16, 1999).]

BTW, you can still use your DJGPP tutorial, you just have to do everything API specific. You can find good information of DirectX and the Win32 API on MSDN.

Also, chances are you can find everything I just described on the MSDN Library CD-ROM that may have come with you version of Visual C++ 6 (depending on what edition you have).

I hope that clears everything up.

-Chlorine