This was also the first thing that came to mind for me. It is very simple compared to what OP is perhaps imagining, but when I played it as a child the message

This was also the first thing that came to mind for me. It is very simple compared to what OP is perhaps imagining, but when I played it as a child the message definitely got through to me. I can't open your link but no matter, after several decades I still fondly remember getting a job at the burger place (and smart-ass comments about "you can save 6 hours and flush those fries right now"), saving up and saving up until I could get better and better degrees and jobs, and finally ending up as the CEO of the bank or whatever.