''Jane's Combat Simulations'' was a brand of PC

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and

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released by

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(EA). The

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branding was licensed by Electronic Arts to lend authenticity and accuracy to their growing line of combat games. The license was announced in 1995, and games were released over the next 5 years, although Jane's Combat Simulations branded games had been released by Electronic Arts since 1994. In late 2000, Electronic Arts dropped ''Jane's Combat Simulations'', leading to them being licensed by different companies. The creative leads behind the ''Jane's Combat Simulations'' line were

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and Paul Grace, designers who previously worked on games such as ''

F-19 Stealth Fighter ''F-19 Stealth Fighter'' is a combat flight simulator developed and released in 1988 (PC DOS) and 1990 ( Amiga and Atari ST) by MicroProse, featuring a fictional United States military aircraft. It is the 16-bit remake of the 8-bit game '' Pr ...

'' and '' Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer''. '' U.S. Navy Fighters'' is a predecessor game to the franchise. It was released in 1994 by Electronic Arts as part of the ''Air Combat'' series. An updated version, '' Jane's US Navy Fighters 97'', was released in 1996 that was officially part of the franchise.

Games

Game collections

* '' Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters Gold'' (1997) Windows * '' Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow Gold'' (1997) DOS, Windows * '' Jane's Combat Simulations: Fighters Anthology'' (1997) Windows * '' Jane's Combat Simulations: Longbow Anthology'' (1998) DOS, Windows * ''Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Pack'' (1998) DOS, Windows * ''Jane's Combat Simulations: Air Superiority Collection'' (2000) Windows * ''Jane's Combat Simulations: Naval Warfare Collection'' (2000) Windows

Games without original developer involvement

* ''

Jane's Attack Squadron ''Jane's Attack Squadron'' is a 2002 combat flight simulator developed by Looking Glass Studios and Mad Doc Software and published by Xicat Interactive. Based on World War II, the game allows players to pilot fifteen reproductions of that era ...

'' (2002) Windows * '' JASF: Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters'' (2011) Windows

References

External links

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