Hmmm..., I know what you mean, there is a very short supply of 2D tutorials. I actually looked for myself a little while back and was dissapointed to find none. What you should do is(if you havn't already done it) read the Final Fantasy tutorial by Reaperman. If you have already read it, I advise you to search the board for stuff such as "2D gravity", "Sidescrolling", and "tiles". I am currently trying to write a sidescrolling tutorial myself from what I have picked up on the forum. Hopefully I shall finish it soon or someone else will come out with a 2D tutorial, because their are so many people new to DarkBASIC who want to make a sidescroller, and no resources for them to learn.
Cocacola and Pepsi aren't that differnt. Deal with it.