Jones in the Fast Lane: board game meets life simulation

1. Retro gaming spotlight
2. simulation, strategy

Jones in the Fast Lane is the kind of game that you don't see often these days. It's a mix between a digital board game and a modern day life simulation. The goal of the game is to live the life of Jones, making choices about school, work, your home, etc. Graphics is a mix of cartonish and digitized characters, very reminishent of some of the best Sierra point & click adventures.

Genres: simulation, life simulation
System: DOS
Released in: 1991
Publisher: Sierra On-Line
Developer: Sierra On-Line
Keywords: urban setting, humor, turn based, modern world, top down
Modes: single-player, hotseat