2d game programming

Seems like every Dx9 tutorial out there deal exclusively in 3d ... except for the occasional thing about textured quads ...

Is there like, a magical super place somewhere on the intarweb with 2d game programming resources? ... I'm trying to hack together a shmup ...

Seriously, why are you all promoting different APIs when he has his mind set on DX. There's nothing wrong with DX, it's the industry's standard, screw portability. No one cares about other platforms anyway ;P

And there's nothing wrong with using D3D to do a 2D game, just use an orthogonal projection and you're set.