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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There is now a "Jones in the Fast Lane" web port. In unrelated news, I am now busy tonight. http://digs.by/vXl
deliciousbees (DanT) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:18:12 -0000
There is now a "Jones in the Fast Lane" web port. In unrelated news, I am now busy tonight. http://digs.by/vXl
LOL RT @ksalerno: The music from the Snuggie commercial reminds me of the game "Sierra Jones: Life in the Fast Lane"
GOPMichael (Michael G De Gruccio) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:13:02 -0000
LOL RT @ksalerno: The music from the Snuggie commercial reminds me of the game "Sierra Jones: Life in the Fast Lane"
The music from the Snuggie commercial reminds me of the game "Sierra Jones: Life in the Fast Lane"
ksalerno (Kathy Salerno) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:09:24 -0000
The music from the Snuggie commercial reminds me of the game "Sierra Jones: Life in the Fast Lane"
Oh lord. 'Jones In the Fast Lane' in Flash — http://home.broadpark.no/~kboye/jones/jones.html (via @heydaysstudio) epic!
danieliam (Daniel Tveiten) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:36:29 -0000
Oh lord. 'Jones In the Fast Lane' in Flash — http://home.broadpark.no/~kboye/jones/jones.html (via @heydaysstudio) epic!
Oh lord. 'Jones In the Fast Lane' in Flash — http://home.broadpark.no/~kboye/jones/jones.html
heydaysstudio (Heydays) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:21:18 -0000
Oh lord. 'Jones In the Fast Lane' in Flash — http://home.broadpark.no/~kboye/jones/jones.html
Playing Jones in the Fast Lane! ! ! :-) :-) :-)
mizbala (The Mizbala Agency) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:53:14 -0000
Playing Jones in the Fast Lane! ! ! :-) :-) :-)

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