Jones in the Fast Lane - Play Online

I love this game, should make an official re-make

I just won in 28 weeks. Best result ever for me ever.
For me this version from the drop-down-menu works: sciv256,exe

just won in 28 weeks, goal was 400 points.
the time-oriented approach goes like this (not very healthy):
always work three times (in the end work more, when you are far in your studies)
always eat fries at Monolith (to avoid the robber)
to gain happiness in the last weeks: eat Astro Chicken and Cheeseburger alternately
study every week
stay at the low-cost housing
never pay the rent (to save time)
relax every 4 weeks starting in week 12 (12, 16 ,20 ,24 , ...)
if you don't study (any more), then you work more -- so relax every 2 weeks

Work:
Monolith:
Clerk (or Cook) - go for (Clerk) then Ass. Manager, maybe Manager later
Hi-Tech University:
go for Teacher in week 11 at the earliest (rarely it works in week 10) (you need Academic at least),
two weeks later go for Professor (you need Research)
Factory:
Go for General Manager if it brings you more money (to save time for the goal 10.000 $)

Education:
Junior College
- Business Administration (does it help to get Ass. Manager or Manager at Monolith?)
- Academic (to get Teacher) - Grad. School - Post Doctoral - Research (to get Professor)
Trade School - Pre Engineer. - Engineering (needed if you want General Manager)
- Finally Electronics and Publishing

Clothes:
Casual Clothes - Cook, Clerk, Ass. Manager (Monolith)
Dress Clothes - Manager (Monolith), Teacher, Professor (Hi-Tech University)
Business Suit - General Manager (Factory)

You have to load sierra.bay for it to work

doesnt work on browser, it says loaded ,then nothing. it wont do anything.

any reason this is no longer working?

Happiness is the easiest to max, u just get new jobs.. exploitable, not fun tho.
I played this alot when i was younger, i tested something out but not 100% sure if its correct. Prices was low in the game, so i bought gold stocks for 5k, then prices rised in the game, and when i sold the stocks they dropped.
tried 2 games in a row, and same thing happend.. guessing economy in game have something to do with that :P

hi, i need some help... i thought the game was download and was erased... i can't undel... please, may u mount again to restart... i'm sorry :( this game is cool

wow lets chek it out

Taught my kids to understand the basics of how to structure ones life with this game - seriously. And it worked :-).

With all hardest goals of 400 pts. best I could do was winning within 30 weeks. Could not do any faster than that.

Jobs sequence as follow: Clerk@Monolith then Check@Black then Butcher (requires Trade), AssistMgr (requires Junior), Manager (requires BusinessAdm) then GM@Factory after that buy Atlas, Dict, Encyclo, Computer then complete all Education

You don't have to be GM at the factory to get full career points. I've won as Machinist (3rd from the top at the factory).

In reply to questions, some observations I made ...
Buying all 4 books reduces the length of a degree by 1. A computer does the same.
Relaxing gives more happiness when you have more stuff. Baseball tickets, lottery wins, and buying Astro Chicken when you already have groceries also give happiness. The biggest boost in happiness comes from finishing degrees.

Happiness is hard to gauge. It includes buying things (tv, stereo). Also relax is a part of it. Although I won have only relaxed like 5 clicks the whole game. Maybe buying theatre and baseball tickets helps also.

Education goal is obviously reached by finishing all the degrees. Though i don't know how the computer or reference books help? Career is also pretty obvious. I'm guessing you must be either the GM at Factory or Investment Baker in order to win at highest level (multiple players can have same job at same time).

There is a menu hidden under the black line at the top, or just use f4 or f6 for goals and stats displays

Does anyone know the requirements for each level to win. I just played the hardest level and needed $10,000 before it declared me the winner. also is there any way to see your progress during the game?

love the game hope for an online working cd rom version of the game. if any one knows one pls post

I wish it was possible to play no iPad

this game is so cool because i am a kid that is playing that!! Iike it !!@5

Its an ok Game