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According to the instruction booklet this is probably the most comprehensive real time battle simulation ever written for a home micro. It is also probably the first written for schizophrenics with four hands!

You control a lynx helicopter and, depending on your predilection, can fly a number of missions. For slaughter merchants, you can simply shoot all that moves. Those with brains, on the other hand, may prefer a more complex option.

At the start of the mission, you can select which arms are loaded on your Lynx. The range is quite overwhelming. Once arming is complete, off you go.

The screen gives a view of the control panel complete with the view outside the windscreen. The view of the terrain varies with your bearing and height. You have an unbelievable range of controls covering manipulation of the Lynx, a map and firing weapons. Such is the range that either two joysticks or most of the keyboard must be used. In all, rather too much to memorise.

The most impressive feature is the use of graphics. The view through the screen is impressively done with flicker-free movement. Similarly, the instruments are clear and frequenly updated. Sound is used to great effect providing the mandatory explosion and zapping noises.

This is a complex game which will appeal to the war gamer who enjoys a little arcade action. The implementation of the controls is over complex and needs significant effort to master.

A.W.