Tile Engine

[Progrium]

Hey everyone! I'd like to learn how to do a tile engine of some sort for a game. What kind of tile should I use? Should I use bitblt or DirectDraw? Most importantly, where would I learn how to do such an engine! I have no clue where to start, so any help would be greatly appreciated! ; )

[Fox]

Use DDraw ;)

Well, there are some examples on my site...

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on http://www.ur.co.nz you'll find in my opinion the best exsamples for tile engines, explained from the beginning on! If you have no idea about this stuff yet, you may want to look at this first.
of course fox' exsamples are excellent, too.