Jane's Combat Simulations. Jane's Combat Simulations was a brand of combat flight simulators and naval warfare games published for DOS and Windows by Electronic Arts from 1995 to 2000, and later by other companies under license by Jane's Information Group. It is named after editor and publisher of military reference books Fred T. Jane.

Development
Electronic Arts' license was announced in 1995 and intended to lend authenticity and accuracy to EA's growing line of combat games. The Jane's brand was initially applied to games derived from EA's 1994 release U.S. Navy Fighters, including Jane's ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighters, an updated version of the original game called Jane's US Navy Fighters 97, and the compilation Jane's Fighters Anthology.

Other titles would be developed by studios owned or affiliated with Electronic Arts, with EA Baltimore developing titles focusing on specific jet fighters, Origin Systems featuring Longbow helicopters, Sonalysts creating naval combat titles, and Pixel Multimedia developing titles revolving around the IAF and USAF.

The creative leads behind the Jane's Combat Simulations line were Andy Hollis and Paul Grace, designers who previously worked on games such as F-19 Stealth Fighter and Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer.

Development of the game Jane's Attack Squadron began at Looking Glass Studios unrelated to the Jane's brand with the title Flight Combat, but would be renamed after publishing was picked up by Electronic Arts in 1998. The game was plagued with development issues and ultimately cancelled, but after the bankruptcy of Looking Glass Studios, the unfinished game would be acquired and completed by Mad Doc Software. Xicat Interactive acquired the Jane's license after it expired at EA, publishing the game for Mad Doc in 2002.

The last game to bear the Jane's brand, JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters, was an arcade-style flight simulator developed by Trickstar Games and published by Maximum Family Games in 2011.

Games
 U.S. Navy Fighters (1994) DOS
 Marine Fighters expansion (1995) DOS
 U.S. Navy Fighters Gold (1995) Windows
 Jane's US Navy Fighters 97 (1996) Windows
 Jane's ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighters (1996) DOS
 NATO Fighters expansion (1996) DOS
 Jane's Advanced Tactical Fighters Gold (1997) Windows
 Jane's AH-64D Longbow (1996) DOS
 Flash Point Korea expansion (1996) DOS
 Jane's Longbow Gold (1997) DOS, Windows
 Jane's 688(i) Hunter/Killer (1997) Windows 
 Jane's Longbow 2 (1997) Windows
 Jane's WWII Fighters (1998) Windows
 Jane's F-15 (1998) Windows
 Jane's IAF: Israeli Air Force (1998) Windows
 Jane's Fleet Command (1999) Windows
 Jane's USAF (1999) Windows
 Jane's F/A-18 (2000) Windows

Collections
 Jane's Fighters Anthology (1997) Windows
 Jane's Longbow Anthology (1998) DOS, Windows
 Jane's Attack Pack (1998) DOS, Windows - ATF, USNF'97, and Longbow
 Jane's Air Superiority Collection (2000) Windows - F-15, IAF, and USAF
 Jane's Naval Warfare Collection (2000) Windows - 688(i), F/A-18, and Fleet Command

Games by other developers
 Jane's Attack Squadron (2002) Windows
 JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters (2011) Windows

References

External links
Jane's Combat Simulations at MobyGames

 
Electronic Arts games
Electronic Arts franchises
Combat flight simulators
Janes Information Services