Combat Lynx

In Combat Lynx, players pilot a Lynx helicopter in a three-dimensional, randomly generated battlefield. The game combines elements of flight simulation with strategic gameplay, requiring players to manage resources, defend bases, and engage the enemy in combat missions. It supports various control schemes, including two joysticks, joystick and keyboard, or keyboard only. There are nearly 30 control keys, most of which are redefinable.

Players view the game from behind the helicopter, with the landscape scrolling beneath. The helicopter can fly in any direction, hover, rise, and dip. The screen displays flight instruments, surrounding terrain, and a heads-up display showing altitude, speed, fuel, and weapon status. The landscape is shown from one of the cardinal directions. If the player rotates the helicopter over 45 degrees, the screen briefly blacks out before redrawing the landscape from the new perspective.

Combat Lynx received generally favourable reviews from contemporary gaming magazines. Several reviewers noted the game's unique blend of action and strategy. Crash magazine wrote that the game "can certainly be played like a shoot 'em up... or as a game of stealthy strategy."

The game's graphics and 3D representation were commended. Crash praised the innovative use of contour lines for 3D graphics, calling it "more effective than an 'illusion' of 3D." Amstrad Computer User noted that "the landscape comes in nicely from the distance and features on the ground get bigger and smaller with distance." However, Your Spectrum criticised the screen redrawing mechanism when turning, describing it as "strange" and potentially disorienting.