There are always games playing on the TVs at Uncle D's Sports Bar and Grill. Tuesday nights are no different - with one exception. Instead of college basketball or hockey, the big screen TVs are playing football. That is, old-school Nintendo Tecmo Bowl football.

Tuesdays nights are now Tecmo Bowl nights at Uncle D's. Starting at 7 p.m., players can compete against each other on the virtual field. Jeremy Leer, manager at Uncle D's, says he hopes to have enough players to do tournament-style play, with single elimination and prizes for the winners.

In today's world of high-tech, virtual reality and Wii games, playing Tecmo Bowl is admittedly outdated. But that doesn't mean it has been forgotten by those who spent a good portion of their childhood playing it.

"This is what we grew up to," Mr. Leer says. "I'd say (guys) anywhere from 23 to 30 remember playing this."

It's that nostalgia for the game that drew Chris Cassity to Uncle D's on a recent Tuesday to play with his friends. He says he's never stopped playing the game.

"It's just one of those things you remember from your childhood," Mr. Cassity says, "playing hours and hours and seasons and seasons of it."

For those unfamiliar with the game, Tecmo Bowl is one of the first football video games. Its format is fairly simple: Whoever is on offense chooses a play, while the player on defense tries to guess which play the offense chose. Although there wasn't much to it, Tecmo Bowl paved the way for games like "Madden NFL."

"I think Tecmo Bowl got the whole football craze started, as far as video games," says player Gary Holland.

As Mr. Holland faces off against Brandon Burns, he allows a quarterback sack. Mr. Burns raises his arms in victory.

"Are you blizting," Mr. Cassity asks.

"Maybe," Mr. Burns laughs.

A few minutes later, he raises his arms in victory once again, as he gets his second touchdown.

"That's the real deal," he says.

Mr. Burns says he has about 20 years experience playing Tecmo Bowl, though it's been awhile since his last game. Still, he was able to beat his opponent by more than a few touchdowns.

"I was pretty sure it'd come back to me," he says. "It's kind of like riding a bike."

And even though Mr. Holland's skill didn't come back quite as strong, he still enjoyed playing a game from his past.

"You get to play with a lot of your favorite football players you grew up with - Christian Okoye, Bo Jackson, Joe Montana," he says. "You just played so many hours as a kid, it's good to play it again."

Lifestyles reporter Lacey Storer can be reached at lstorer@npgco.com