You don't shoot missiles directly here. You pick a point in the sky, a shot climbs there and explodes into a glowing ball, and anything that flies into that ball is gone. The skill is predicting a missile's path and meeting it there.
City Shield unblocked comes from the free LittleJS Arcade by Frank Force, and it plays with a mouse, a keyboard for menus, or touch. Six small cities stand along the ground, and the game lasts as long as at least one of them survives.
How to play City Shield
Hit PLAY and three cannons appear between the cities, each loaded with 10 shots for the wave. Click or tap the sky, and the nearest cannon that still has ammo fires at that spot. Shots from the center cannon travel quicker than shots from the outer pair.
Wave one sends 10 missiles. Every wave after that adds more and speeds them up. Most aim for cities, but some target your cannons, and a hit there disables that cannon for good. Cannons that survive are refilled at the start of each wave.
As the waves go on, bombers and satellites fly across and release missiles, some missiles split into two or three, and smart bombs start sliding sideways to dodge your blasts. Points rise with a wave multiplier, and leftover shots and standing cities pay a bonus after each wave.
Controls
| To… | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire a blast at a point in the sky | — | Left click on the spot | Tap the spot |
| Pause (with a restart option) | Esc | — | — |
| Restart the game | R | — | — |
| Use the menus | — | Click PLAY, OPTIONS or HELP | Tap the menu buttons |
Tips
- Aim ahead of the missile. Click a bit below its current position so the blast is full size when it arrives.
- Go for clusters. One explosion can catch several missiles flying close together.
- Stop splitters early. Catching one high in the sky prevents it from turning into two or three threats.
- Protect the middle cannon. It fires the fastest shots, and late waves are much harder without it.
- Don't defend a ruin. A missile heading for a city that's already destroyed can't do more harm, so spend the shot elsewhere.
City Shield questions
Can I rebuild a destroyed city?
Yes. You earn a bonus city every 10,000 points. A ruined city comes back at once. With all six still up, the bonus is banked for the next one that falls.
How does the score multiplier grow?
The first two waves pay normal points. After that, the multiplier goes up by one every two waves, to a cap of six times.
Does City Shield save my best score?
Yes. Your best score is kept in the browser, and the game over screen also shows which wave you reached.
