This thread has the tutorials' code all in BlitzMax:
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=41689
I posted near the bottom a simple program that should get them working in the versions since the big changes.
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=41689
I posted near the bottom a simple program that should get them working in the versions since the big changes.