Software:U.S. Navy Fighters

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U.S. Navy Fighters
U.S. Navy Fights cover.jpg
Developer(s)Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Platform(s)DOS
ReleaseNovember 19, 1994
Genre(s)Combat flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

U.S. Navy Fighters is a video game developed and published by Electronic Arts for the PC. An expansion pack, Marine Fighters, was released in 1995. U.S. Navy Fighters: Gold was also released in 1995, it is a compilation package that includes both the main game and the expansion. U.S. Navy Fighters is a forerunner to Jane's Combat Simulations series. An updated version, Jane's US Navy Fighters 97, was released in 1996 for Microsoft Windows and is officially part of the series.

Gameplay

U.S. Navy Fighters is a flight simulator using five different jet fighters, with 50 missions of varying types.[1]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Next Generation4/5 stars[1]
CD Player8/10[2]

Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "despite heavy system requirements, this is a must for every flight freak".[1]

Reviews

  • PC Gamer Vol. 2, #2 (February 1995)
  • Score #13 (Jan 1995) - Czech magazine
  • Computer Gaming World (Feb, 1995)
  • PC Gamer (Feb, 1995)
  • PC Games - Jan, 1995

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Finals". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (3): 94. March 1995. 
  2. "U.S. Navy Fighters Review" (in German). CD Player. January 1996. https://archive.org/details/CDPlayer0196/page/n81/mode/2up. Retrieved April 15, 2022.