He is best known for a series of interactive movies in which he stars as Tex Murphy, a private investigator who lives in San Francisco in the middle of the 21st century.
He designed and wrote the point-and-click adventure games Amazon: Guardians of Eden and Countdown, and served as producer on various titles in the Links golf franchise.
Jones is best recognized by many gamers for the creation and portrayal of Tex Murphy in a series of adventure games, beginning with 1989's Mean Streets.
As the series transitioned to full motion video with the third installment Under A Killing Moon, Jones' role became increasingly cinematic, acting alongside established Hollywood actors such as Brian Keith, Margot Kidder and Russell Means.
[2] In later games of the series he acted with John Agar, Kevin McCarthy, Barry Corbin, Tanya Roberts, Michael York, Henry Darrow, and June Lockhart.