Jones in the Fast Lane is a life simulation board game developed and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1990. Jones in the Fast Lane is a virtual board game that simulates real life, with the player as an ordinary person with ordinary life goals.They have to buy food, pay their rent, go to work, and still find ways to become happy. Nevertheless, it is not an Adventure game. Amy joins me for a game of Jones, a board-game-ish game developed by Sierra On-Line back in 1990. For the remainder of this manual (for the sake of simplicity) all instructions will refer to "pointing and clicking" to achieve desired results. Jones in the Fast Lane, from 1990. Jones in the Fast Lane . Basically, it’s what you get when you cross the old board game Life with Sierra’s own perfected brand of unending brutality. The objective of the game is to attain certain amounts of money, happiness, status, and education. Add to Watchlist. Just like many other Sierra games, JONES in the Fast Lane was developed with the Sierra Creative Interpreter. A game of Jones in the Fast Lane is played in rounds, which represents a week of the player's life. The game can be played by up to four people in hot seat mode. In retrospect, you could say it is a kind of turn-based 'The Sims breaking out'. The exact amounts needed are defined by the player(s) when the game begins. Jones in the Fast Lane is a computerized board game certain to draw fairly polarized reactions from gamers. Ready to crush Jones? Jones in the Fast Lane is a life simulation game developed and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1990. The objective of the game is to attain as much money, happiness, status and education as necessary to win.1 The exact amounts needed are set up by the players before the game began. Jones In The Fast Lane by Sierra Entertainment. The game's name and goals are a play on the concept of keeping up with the Joneses. Introduction Set your own goals. Publication date 1990-05 Topics jones, fast lane, sierra, dos, 1990 Language English. Here is a quick walkthrough on how to beat Jones. Tropes in the Fast Lane: All There in the Manual: The game manual reveals that Jones has a family who had to make a lot of sacrifices (the kids have no Nintendos, the mother hasn't bought hosiery for five years, and Jones had to code it by candlelight) to let this game come into fruition. Writers: Kelly Walker, Christopher Whaley | 1 more credit » Added to Watchlist. (I assume that you eat every week and if you don't have a refrigerator, buy "fries" and nothing else) General strategy first: Take work at monolith (try for clerk) - educate "Trade School", go for "checker" at blacks market. Jones in the Fast Lane is probably one of their most unusual games, however, because it takes the idea of simulating a life, that is, your own, and putting it into the form of a board game. Reminiscent of the old nonelectronic classic board game Life, players move around a "board" with various squares that represent different phases of life: finding an apartment; going to school; getting a job; and paying the various bills that accumulate as a result of those activities. View production, box office, & company info What Roles Has Gal Gadot Been Considered For? Video game released 23 September 1992 Add a Plot » Director: Mark Seibert. Jones in the Fast Lane is primarily a mouse based game, although it is possible to play the game using the cursor [Arrow] keys, the numeric keypad or the joystick. Contributed by zeb fontaine (1) on Aug 23, 2006. ; Antagonist Title: Sort of, as Jones is your only opponent should you play against him. Nearly every action, from going to work to moving between locations to applying for new jobs, subtracts time from the timer, with the week (and the round) automatically ending when the timer empties. 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