B+
		Title	Jones in The Fast Lane
		Publisher	Sierra On-Line	Graphics	B
		Developer	Sierra On-Line	Sound	B+
		Released	1991	Gameplay	B-
		Platform	PC-DOS	Longevity	C+
	ESRB Information
	Not rated by the ESRB
	Highlights
	A great PC game to play with friends if you know three people willing to crowd around a keyboard to play an old DOS game.
	Full Review

Jones in The Fast Lane is yet another gem from the golden years of Sierra On-Line. Released in 1991 for DOS, this competetive time management game features support for up to four players hot-seat style. Each player takes turns living their lives one week at a time. The goal of the game is to reach your characters life goals, which you set at the beginning of the game.

There are four goals that each player must achieve in order to win the game. The first, which needs little explination, is money. As you would expect, you can earn money by workind, investing in stocks and winning it big in the lottery (good luck with that one). Unfortunately it is not as easy as it seems; rent, clothing, doctors bills and the occasional stock market crash all seek to eat up all your hard earned dough. The next goal is happiness, which increases when you buy expensive toys like TV's and hi-fi stereos and decreases when you work all week. The last two; education and career, are met by obtaining better college degrees and jobs. Unfortunately, working as a janitor ar the local burger joint with a high school diploma will not get you very far in this game, much like real life!

You can only really play this game on your own once or twice. The AI player provides a good challenge, but the game is just kind of dull. The real fun in Jones In The Fast Lane is playing with your buddies. Laughing at the guy who just got his savings wiped out by a stock market crash, only to find out that you just lost your job, makes for good times.

The graphics are definitely old looking. The characters and buildings are very pixeltastic, but your eyes wont bleed out of your head. The game uses the same engine as the Liesure Suit Larry 3, so if you can play that without going blind (hands on the keyboard please), you should not have any issues with Jones In The Fast Lane.

With the audio, there are two differant versions of the game floating around the internet. One of which is the original game and the other is an official CD re-release with CD audio. Personally, I would stick with the original game, because it plays well in DOSbox and sounds better than the audio tracks in the CD version. Less anoying if anything else.

Basically, Jones In The Fast Lane is an awesome game to play with friends, but does not last very long if you go it alone. The graphics and sound show their age, but they will not prevent you from having a good time.

For a taste of the game, try this flash port