Jane's Combat Simulations: Fighters Anthology

Jane's Combat Simulations: Fighters Anthology (1997)

by Jane's Combat Simulations, EA
Genres:Shooter, Simulator
Themes:Warfare, Sandbox
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:Fighters Anthology is a compilation that combines two flight simulators from the Jane's Combat Simulations stable - US Navy Fighters and Advanced Tactical Fighters (ATF) as well as the ATF expansion, NATO Fighters. Includes: U.S. Navy Fighters U.S. Navy Fighters - Marine Fighters Advanced Tactical Fighters Advanced Tactical Fighters - N.A.T.O. Fighters U.S. Navy Fighters '97 Advanced Tactical Fighters GoldShow more
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The graphics are archaic, but the gameplay was awesome. You could build your own custom missions, then fly them. I remember having enemy naval ships fighting each other. Definitely cool with a joystick. I played this a lot back in the late nineties. Hours and hours of fun.
user avatar@cmdrnmartinuser avatar@cmdrnmartin
February 02, 2025
This was my second ever flightsim (after F-19) and the sheer scope of planes and weapons available, the mission editor, the intro movies, made this game near and dear to my heart. I still remember practicing carrier landings, learning air combat maneuvers, and days and days of pouring over the thick detailed manual to learn systems and air combat strategies. From the venerable F-4 to the cutting edge X-31, this game was stuffed with content. I started playing this when I was in the single digits age wise, I loved aviation but this game let me actually play with all the planes I had read about in books and seen at airshows. Over 30 years later, I still credit this game as starting me down the path to my career in aviation, allowing me to take my first steps into the wild blue yonder.
user avatar@damsonuser avatar@damson
February 03, 2025
Advertised as "The Mother of all Flight Sims" on the back of the box is not far fetched with this one. It combined all the expansions and spin offs of US Navy Fighters released back in 1994 for DOS (Marine Fighters, Jane's ATF, NATO Fighters, Jane's USNF'97). The graphics at the time of release back in 1997 maybe felt a bit antiquainted, as many flight sims already used 3dfx accelerated graphics, but the gameplay was still a blast (btw that last screenshot with F-22 over the desert is from Jane's USAF and not FA). And the amount of content is just mindblowing, with 6 campaigns, hundreds of single missions and over 100 aircraft to fly. It also has a mission builder and still active modding scene. A true classic in need of preservation for sure!
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