May 26th, 2006 | 
Author: One of my favorite Sierra games of all time is actually not a typical point-and-click adventure game. It’s more a board game, actually. It’s called “Jones in the Fast Lane“. It was released in 1991 and again in 1992 with better graphics and sound on a CD.
The object of the game is to get your character from being uneducated and unemployed to having a high paying job and a full education. You can actually set your goals (like a handicap) to be as high or as low as you want, and you can even compete against other players (taking turns), or against the computer’s namesake character of “Jones”.
I have attached a playable copy of Jones to this blog. Jones was actually intended for DOS/Windows 3.11 computers back in the day, and does not run correctly by itself. However, I’ve packaged it with the DOSBox emulator so that you can play it in Windows 2000/XP without any problems. Just download the zip file, extract it to your hard drive, and double-click the “runjones” file. I also have the manual available for download. If you have any problems, please email me or post a comment below.
Disclaimer: It is probably not legal to download Jones (or put it on my site for download in the first place), but the game is over 13 years old, and I don’t think Sierra ever plans to re-release an updated version. I couldn’t even find a copy of it on eBay. If Sierra tells me to take it down, I will take it down, but I wouldn’t feel too guilty about downloading it if I were you.
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I can not get it on the computer it will not let me!!! I want to play soooooo bad!
i dont know where i got it but i have it on my computer but i cnat remember how i got it maby it s only for certiant modles! of computers! or its just not workin!
Easy, Seabiscuit. I’ll give you a call.
Where can i download the game?
Check back shortly. I just redesigned the site so the ‘attachments’ aren’t all working yet.
im excited! i cant get onto the old onei had on here!
Sounds like the game Life. Can’t wait to try it!
just seeing how i get it to come up on my comp, i already downloaded it from your site but i cant figure out how to work it holla back
What happens when you run the “runjones” file?
Awesome man! Thanks for the putting the game here. It was the only place I could find it.
Thanks for the game!!!!
I’m glad you are all enjoying it. I know I wasted many hours of my life playing this game.
Thanks for putting this up. We own a copy from way back when that we couldn’t play on our current computer, so getting this version isn’t illegal at all. We played this all the time as a family back in the day.
Hey, I loved this game when I was younger and have been trying to find one with sound for a while. I got this one set up to where it has the same music, but still no speaking from the business owners. Is there anyway to get them to be able to speak their lines instead of just popping up with the text? How they said things was one of the reasons the game was so awesome!
The version you are talking about is probably the CD-ROM version that they released. I don’t have that one, and I actually never got to play it.
I dont understand how to get this to run
ok I got it to run now how do I get it into full screen mode
April, it’s running in a program called “DOSBox”, so you should refer to the DOSBox documentation to see how to do that. It’s probably an “F” key you have to hit or something.
Where do I find the DOS Box Documentation
i cant get the game to run…whats wrong with this
Yeah Nathan is right, listening to the shop clerks dialogue is the entire reason I wanted to play this game. Anyone figure it out?
great. i finally find it.
looking fot old interesting games i can play with my doughter (9 years old). Foun Jones + Settlers 2
Thanks
I have been playing Jones forever, love that little guy, now my kids play jones sometimes as well. It really is the prototype of the sims etc. Just out of interest several years ago I went looking for jones on the net and contacted Sierra, who eventually replied that they had never heard of the game , H aha , just a quick tip, if you buy the dictionary, atlas and encyclopedia, then buy the computer-you can start your study from 7 not 9. I used to know how to get it down to 6 any Jones lovers out there who can help me? Enjoy all
where is the zip file on this page or whateve i cant fiund it and want too play
; /
I can’t find the link either and I have been trying all night to find a copy of the game.
If someone can help me. I would be very grateful.
Cheers.
where can i find/download jones in the fast lane? every site i find to download the game, there is something that prevents the download from completing. this game is amazing, please help
So I am a wannabe nerd. Far far from it. I have down loaded the zip file.
THANK YOU Matt!!
Now, my computer is giving me a hard time trying to install the game.
It does not like my sound card.
*sighs in all my newbie glory*
Cheers
Laurana.
it worked ! but i can’t get the full window for it, it just opens in a small window and there is no option to maximize can u help me with dat? thanx for putting it up !brings back a lot of childhood memories
I believe DOSBox has a full screen, probably a function key or command line parameter or something. I would suggest consulting the documentation.
Thanks for putting this download up! I guess this blog must be real popular now! Just for all Jones fanatics trying to find the download, its up the top of the page… Cheers
Sweeet. Thanks a lot for putting this game up and with dos box. This game is so old but so much fun. Thanks you and thank god for the internet.
when i double click the run jones file it doesnt do anything please help!
Make sure to extract the zip file first.
alt + enter for full screen
Thank you very much. You rock almost as much as being a butcher in your second job earning $14 an hour!
hey… the music works but the speech just wont!!! =( may i know how to fix it?
There is no speech because this is not the CD-ROM version.
we ordered the enhanced cdrom version with no real computer tech knowledge… how do we get it to work on our Windows XP…HPpavilion a11514/intel pentium 4/window vistacapable computer? or do you have a sight that can walk us through it… it was a gift from me to my husband and now we do not even know how to run it.Anyway you could help us?
Well, my guess is you will need to use DOSBox for that (which is what I included in the above download). It’s a DOS emulator.
Using DOSBox can be tricky if you’re not used to doing stuff like that, but getting it work natively in Windows XP is much more of a challenge, I think.
You can find more information about DOSBox: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
I think that stephanie should upload and send the copy of the cd-rom version with the voices to you so you can do the dos-box thing and make it available for us as a DL on this page. Or anyone that has the voices version please send it to mrgroves.
agreed
Even if Stephanie was willing to send it to me, I would not put such a large download on mgroves.com for the public. I would recommend a file sharing site like RapidShare to her instead.
you still have to hook us up
how wonderfull oldies game… look like sims prototype
thnkzz Matt G.
you rock man!! hehe. Finaly i can play one of my all time favoritte games again. i have spent alot of time finding it and all the download sites have just rejected everyting
now i can relax and
i ever tryed. Until you came along and put a quick and safe way to download it. THANK YOU!!
enjoy the game. im never gonna delete it ever again. must be 13 -14 years since ive played it. Cheers!!!
welcome to Mgroves.com, bastion of pirates, theives and conservatives
i finally got jones downloaded, but it wont let me run it, when i have the whole file open what do i do from there to make it run? i would greatly appreciate some help with this i love the game and have been trying for 10 years to play it.
thank you sooo much every one, especially mgroves for making this availible to the masses. for all the guidance on this page. me being not that great with technology getting it to work on the mac took a couple hours. alas i can get my jones fix.
P.S. i love the disclaimer (first thing that comes up when you run jones). thanx again
Paul there is a link in the middle of the page for dosbox. I found it very helpful in running the prog. try that.
Hi. I tried downloading the game…when I click on the “runjones” (after extracting it) the DOSbox program starts up and then I don’t know what else to do…
thanks!
i have downloaded the zip file but am unable to open the “runjones” file, have tried various applications… any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
It’s just a batch file, it should run by just double clicking it. I’m assuming you have Windows–I haven’t tried it with Vista.
i have a mac… sorry should of mentioned that in the first message
Yeah, it’s meant for Windows. I assume there must be a version of DOSBox for Mac, but I can’t really help you since I don’t have a Mac.
Thanks so much for this!! I’m on Vista ?
I can’t blieve! I found it and it works! Thank you very much!
Just bought the game but am unsue of how to install it. I have a windows Vista, but each timeI playthe CD-ROM, it play as an abum playing music. How do you get the game to work?
Got it installed, Vista doesn’t allow a full screen but took my PC to Best Buy’s geek squad, now (after $34.00) I have the game full screen and is working fine. Love th game but so far, Jones always wins. He knows which business to pick for which job, but will keep trying to beat him.
Y’all like Jones in the Fast Lane, huh?
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http://home.broadpark.no/~kboye/jones/jones.html
omg thankx! THANKX ILL USE THIS ONE AND IF HE POSTS ONE ON HERE FOR MAC LL USE THAT ONE TO ILL COMPARE LOL! THANKX!
YOU GUYS ARE VERY GOOD AT THESE STUFF!
AHH I FOUD IT ONE HERE! BUTTTTT ITS NOT FOR MAC!
can you please try to get on here a version for mac! thankx! 
Thanks so much for putting this on here! I tend to hate computer/video games, but this one used to be my favorite ten or fifteen years ago. I found this site on a whim and ended up playing Jones until 3 in the morning Christmas night. Oh, nostalgia!
Oh, and for what it’s worth– worked on Vista like a charm.
Also– any tips for getting it full screen?
Try hitting “Alt + Enter”, I think that might work.
okay it’s all working only the most fun part the characters in the game do not speak they do not speak how can i fix that….?