Cloud CP/M

Beatle Quest - Text Adventure

Drive N : User 2 • by intangybles

Created 2026-08-21 • Updated 2026-08-21

This is a CP/M port of "Beatle Quest", a text adventure written in 1985 by Garry Marsh for Number 9 Software, on the ZX Spectrum. This version has been rebuilt to run on the NABU & CP/M, following the original game's original game's own data and puzzles.

BQ.COM program is located on the N: drive in user area 2. To run this, look in the Internet Adapter or Headless menu and select Cloud CPM. After CPM loads and you are presented with a A:0> prompt, type the drive (N:), and then type the user area (user 2). If you type DIR, look for the COM file (BQ.COM). Enter that filename at the prompt to execute the Beatle Quest - Text Adventure.

BEATLE QUEST (Text) NABU CP/M Release

WHAT THIS IS

This is a CP/M port of "Beatle Quest", a text adventure originally written in 1985 by Garry Marsh for Number 9 Software, running on the ZX Spectrum. This was a Text Adventure with simple pictures displayed in the top panel. This version is Text Only and has been rebuilt to run on the NABU PC under CP/M, faithfully following the original game's own data and puzzles.

The original cassette manual is included alongside this file - it has the full story setup and background, so give that a read too.

See the article "Blake’s 7, Beatle Quest, and a Very Practical Text Adventure Path" for details.

CREDITS

Beatle Quest (c) 1985 Garry Marsh, Number 9 Software. Lyrics referenced throughout (c) Lennon-McCartney, George Harrison, Northern Songs Ltd. Licenced by Rocksoft Ltd.

This NABU CP/M port and runtime by Intangybles.

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Drive N : User 2

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