Jane's Combat Simulations

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Jane's Combat Simulations was a brand in use by Electronic Arts from 1996 to 2000 for their line of military simulations. EA licensed the name from Jane's Information Group, the publishing company famous for its military reference works. Not only did the deal allow the use of the Jane's brand name, but also the inclusion of Jane's reference material within the games itself.

The games in the Jane's line were developed by several specialized development teams:

One team was located at Electronic Arts headquarters: led by veterans Brent Iverson (designer/programmer) and Paul Grace (producer), previously responsible for games like Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, LHX: Attack Chopper and U.S. Navy Fighters, they continued the Fighters line with Advanced Tactical Fighters and U.S. Navy Fighters '97.
Another team was led by MicroProse veteran Andy Hollis (Gunship, F-15 Strike Eagle II and III) at Origin Systems. They developed the Longbow series.
Former MicroProse employees continued their old company's tradition in jet simulation at EA Baltimore with F-15 and F/A-18.
Sonalysts, Inc. were the naval warfare specialists, developing 688(I) Hunter/Killer and Fleet Command.
Finally, Israeli developer Pixel Multimedia developed the last Jane's games with Israeli Air Force and USAF.

The deal with Jane's was not renewed by EA beyond its original five-year length. The Jane's brand however reappeared one last time in 2002, on Xicat's Attack Squadron, otherwise unrelated to any of EA's releases.

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Game Title	Year	Platform	Publisher	MobyScore
Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Squadron	2002	Windows	Xicat Interactive, Inc.	3.00
Jane's Combat Simulations: Air Superiority Collection	2000	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	2.80
Jane's Combat Simulations: Naval Warfare Collection	2000	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.33
Ultimate Flight Series IV	2000	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	...
Ultimate Flight Series II	1999	DOS, Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	...
Jane's Combat Simulations: F/A-18 Simulator	2000	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.84
Jane's Combat Simulations: USAF	1999	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.62
Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow Anthology	1998	DOS, Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.35
Jane's Combat Simulations: F-15	1998	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.62
3 Mega Games: Simulations	1998	DOS, Windows	Media Publishing	...
Jane's Combat Simulations: WWII Fighters	1998	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.60
Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Pack	1998	DOS, Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	2.00
Jane's Combat Simulations: Fleet Command	1998	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.17
Jane's Combat Simulations: Israeli Air Force	1998	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.82
Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow Gold	1997	DOS, Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.29
Jane's Combat Simulations: Fighters Anthology	1997	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.52
Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow 2	1997	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.86
Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters - Gold Edition	1997	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	...
Jane's Combat Simulations: 688(I) Hunter/Killer	1997	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.33
Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow	1996	DOS	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.96
Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow (Limited Edition)	1996	DOS	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.33
Jane's Combat Simulations: U.S. Navy Fighters '97	1996	Windows	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.42
Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters - Nato Fighters	1996	DOS	Electronic Arts, Inc.	4.17
Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters	1996	DOS	Electronic Arts, Inc.	3.59
Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow: Flash Point Korea	1996	DOS	Electronic Arts, Inc.	2.60