Jane's Combat Simulations
Group Description
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 specialised 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.
| Game Title |  Year | Platform | Publisher | MobyScore |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Squadron | 2002 | Windows | Xicat Interactive, Inc. | 3.00 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: USAF | 2000 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.44 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Naval Warfare Collection | 2000 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.33 |
| Ultimate Flight Series IV | 2000 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | ... |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Air Superiority Collection | 2000 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2.80 |
| Ultimate Flight Series II | 1999 | DOS, Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | ... |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: F/A-18 Simulator | 2000 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.83 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow Anthology | 1998 | DOS, Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.27 |
| 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: F-15 | 1998 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.65 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Fleet Command | 1998 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2.44 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Israeli Air Force | 1998 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.68 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow Gold | 1997 | DOS, Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2.84 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Fighters Anthology | 1997 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.52 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: U.S. Navy Fighters '97 | 1997 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.45 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow 2 | 1997 | Windows | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.62 |
| 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. | 3.31 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow | 1996 | DOS | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.96 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters - Nato Fighters | 1996 | DOS | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 4.17 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow (Limited Edition) | 1996 | DOS | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.33 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters | 1996 | DOS | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.52 |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: AH-64D Longbow: Flash Point Korea | 1996 | DOS | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 2.60 |
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