Dark Force
This seems to be an amalgamation of two different titles.
The tzx and the cover are for a compilation called Dark Force containing Midnight Resistance and Night Breed.
The advert and all the reviews are for a compilation called Dark Force containing Batman The Caped Crusader, Last Ninja 2, Dark Side and R-Type. No scans of the box are available.
The magazine references imply that the 4 title compilation was released for Christmas 1989 which is before Midnight Resistance and Night Breed were even released. This version doesn't appear to exist - there's no sign of it on eBay or in any of the Facebook groups.
It looks like they cancelled this release. Last Ninja 2 was already on
100% Dynamite which was released at the same time, and R-Type and Batman turned up in early 1990 on
The Biz. It seems Ocean never released Dark Side, either on a compilation or on even on Hit Squad.
So, there should be two entries:
1. Dark Force, date 1989, never released, Batman/Ninja/Dark Side/R Type + all magazine references + the compilation advert
2. Dark Force, date 1990 (probably - that's the copyright year on the manual and cassettes), Midnight Resistance/Night Breed + no magazine references + all "additional file downloads" apart from the compilation advert
✓ Reviewed