Jones in the Fast Lane is a life simulation game developed and published by Sierra in 1991. The objective of the game is to attain as much money, happiness, status and education as necessary to win. These would be set up by the players before the game began. The game's name and goals are a play on the concept of keeping up with the Joneses.

Gameplay

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The game world is represented by a board game-like ring of buildings in squares, resembling a cross between Monopoly and Hasbro's Game of Life. The player, represented by a coloured marble on the board, is free to move around, only limited by the time remaining per turn. Time is used up by moving to a new location and performing actions like working, attending class, or resting.

Each turn would represent a week of the player's life (more like a year of real life). The player would only get to decide what their character would do during the week. On the weekends, the character would experience some random "Oh What a Weekend" event and spend a random amount of money (usually less than $150). Some of these are pretty humourous such as, "You went to Las Vegas in a $20,000 car and came back in a $200,000 Greyhound bus."

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gideontaub (Gideon Taub) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:04:44 -0000
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#classicgame man how to choose.. love Jones in the fast lane, NBA live series, and ETs Rugby League!
GavinDamage (Sam O'Leary) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:34:05 -0000
#classicgame man how to choose.. love Jones in the fast lane, NBA live series, and ETs Rugby League!
Kara and I have been playing "Jones in the Fast Lane" for the past almost 4hr. Addicting. DOS rox.
Nusstastic (Steve Nuss) Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:55:13 -0000
Kara and I have been playing "Jones in the Fast Lane" for the past almost 4hr. Addicting. DOS rox.
Found FullThrottle, SpaceQuestIV, Oddworld Abe's Exoddus, Jones in the fast lane and Down in the Dumps near mint condition :D cost me €7,-
Hjaknar (Hjaknar) Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:46:16 -0000
Found FullThrottle, SpaceQuestIV, Oddworld Abe's Exoddus, Jones in the fast lane and Down in the Dumps near mint condition :D cost me €7,-

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