A City Dies Whenever Night Falls

A City Dies Whenever Night Falls is a 1-player arcade game for the Apple II.

The player controls a large turret which can move horizontally to various locations atop the skyscrapers of a city. Gameplay occurs in cycles, where every day the people of the city attempt to build up their buildings taller, and every night alien spacecraft descend upon the populace blasting their buildings lower. The player must confront UFOs and other threats. At the heart of the city lies a reactor, and if it is breached, the city is destroyed and it's game over. The player can also lose the game by having all their cannons destroyed, and they have 5 cannons per day. The player's goal is to survive as many days as possible against progressively more furious alien assaults.