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- Jones in the fast lane -  
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Jones in the fast lane is a pretty unique game where you live out the life of a person and you'll have to eat, work and rest, basically surviving the ordeals of modern day life. At the start you'll only get simple jobs like cooking for a fastfood place but once you gain experience and maybe get some certificates you can apply for higher paying jobs. Nothing is certain however and in times of recession you might get fired and you'll have to work simple jobs again.
You can select from four characters at the start of the game and wether
or not you have to compete against Jones himself and if so how hard he should
try. You also need to specify how high your goals are set for each of the
four items namely money, happiness, material wealth and education. At the
start the only thing you own are the clothes on your back, some cash and
a rental appartment so you better get a job soon. You can check out the
local employment office but the only jobs you are likely to get are lowpaying
simple jobs but for now they will keep you going. There's plenty of other
things to do as well like study to improve your chances at better jobs,
shopping for clothes and household items and going to the bank. You'll have
to remember to eat as well because if you don't you'll most likely get sick
and have to pay the doctor and lose precious time.
Each player acts in turns which means that you get a set amount of time
where you have to do all your things indicated by a clock at the bottom
of the screen. When the clock is full your turn is over so remember to do
the necessary things first like paying the rent and eating or you'll end
up with problems the next turn. Time is calculated by the amount of things
you do and everthing costs time from walking around to shopping so take
care what you do. You can make life easier on yourself by buying a fridge
and/or freezer so you can buy food in the supermarket which is not only
cheaper but you can keep several weeks worth of it at home so you won't
have to take extra time eating at another place. Getting an education is
important as well because you won't get higher up the career ladder without
it, there are plenty of courses to take and each of them takes nine timeslots
to complete. Once you get a high paying job you can get a nice place to
live and maybe buy some nice cool for your house to improve your living
conditions until you are ready to retire, that means reach all your goals
you set in the beginning.
Jones in the fast lane is a pretty unique game and though it's not a realistic life simulator that kind of thing would be pretty boring. It does a pretty good job of letting you do things to get ahead in life but still keep it entertaining. You can even play it with a single player to concentrate on you efforts but playing with more than one or at least against Jones is much more fun as it will keep you from slacking off too much. It might sound somewhat boring but give it a go because it's quite fun actually.
Overal rating: 8/10
Erde Kaiser
Jones in the fast lane was released for many different systems here are some notes:
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Released
in 1987.
Game has been tested but not completed on a 286 PC.
This is the 256 colour VGA version |
| Others |
There was also a 16-color EGA version released but apart from the graphics the game is exactly the same as this one. |
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Date added |
Apr-17-2005 20:57 |
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Jones in the fast lane |
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Developer |
Sierra on-line
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Publisher |
Sierra on-line
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First released |
1991 |
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Genre |
Strategy
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Download |
MS-DOS, filesize: 1062 Kb
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Manual |
No manual available
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Solve / Docs |
No solve available
No extra docs available |
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