and taking time off work. Education is achieved by completing the available university qualifications, the number of qualifications the player must complete will be dependent on how high the goal level is set. Career is achieved by climbing the career ladder into a management position in a particular job. The game does have several fail states such as when a player exits the bank or Black's Market the player may have his or her money stolen by Wild Willy. Wild Willy, from time to time, may also rip off the Low Cost Housing apartments, taking items from all players living there, such as TV sets and VCRs. Wild Willy will never rip off the Security Apartments. Other fail states may include a bank glitch causing the loss of savings in the banks and also the loss of the players' jobs. The game also has a changing economy where prices may increase or drop including rents and wages. If prices drop the player will normally stay on the same wage but if the player changes jobs he or she may be forced to take a pay cut. The player can also choose to lock in a lower rent when prices are low and continue to pay that price for the remainder of the game regardless of increases to prices. Most buildings feature a live-action clerk or store person who greets the player with a variety of humorous phrases, complete with lip-syncing. Development The game's working title was Keeping Up with Jones. Jones in the Fast Lane was entirely developed as a set of storyboards before artwork or coding commenced. The "board game" interface was aimed at ensuring the rules were intuitive and accessible to younger or inexperienced players. The 256-color VGA graphics were impressive for the time, with most computer games still produced in 16-color EGA. Produced in 1990, its 1992 CD-ROM version was also one of the first games to run in Windows 3.1x which was released that year. Monolith Burger, a fast food restaurant in Jones in the Fast Lane, is a reference to the restaurant of the same name in another Sierra series, Space Quest. Bill Davis, Jones in the Fast Lane's designer, stated that it is "the game you'll bring out when friends drop by, or when the family just can't take one more evening of Trivial Pursuit." Reception The One gave the MS-DOS version of Jones