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Lakewood is set to open not one, but two bars that cater to video-game hounds, table-game geeks, Dungeons & Dragons buffs and pinball wizards. It's time for 16-Bit Bar+Arcade and The Side Quest Bar.

(John Petkovic/The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Are you ready to geek out, nerd the night away and embark on some time travel?

Hey, who isn't.

Lakewood is set to open not one, but two bars that cater to video-game hounds, table-game geeks, Dungeons & Dragons buffs and pinball wizards.

Holy moly, it's the revenge of the nerds!

At 4 p.m. tonight, the blips, lights, lasers and taps will go off at 16-Bit Bar+Arcade -- 15012 Detroit Ave.; 16-BitBar.com; 216-563-1115.

The Columbus-based barcade brings together classic video games and a variety of specialty beers and cocktails. It will also take you back in time – and not just because you will be mesmerized by the massive mural featuring yesterday's signifiers, from Mr. Spock to Hulk Hogan.

The spot rolls out vintage games like NBA Jam and Mars Attacks to go with '80s and '90s movie nights and throwback drinks like the Dolph Lundgren. You know, the Moscow Mule-like elixir named after the actor who played Ivan Drago in the cartoonish 1985 flick "Rocky IV." (Ah, the good ol' daze – I'll never forgot guzzling those things in a fit of woohoo partying and mumbling, "Adrian, Adrian" 'til the wee hours.)

Stoked to check out 16-bit. Even better, the games are free.

Down the street, the Side Quest will open its doors at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Owner Sam Bridgeman is a real-deal geek – not one of these geek posers who appropriates the reference points and carries around some Texas Instruments calculator in a desperate attempt to seem, like, you know, "smart" and "interesting."

Bridgeman is so real that he timed the opening so he can make it a "Doctor Who" viewing party.

"It's a great show, what other show lets you explore time and space?" he asks. "There's no limit to the adventures that can happen."

Located in the old Eddy and Iggy's spot -- 17900 Detroit Ave; 216-228-1212; thesidequestbar.com – the full-service bar will also host Dungeons & Dragons soirees and appeal to fans of comics, wizards, robots and outer space.

As a fan of robots and time travel, I say, bring me my space suit... Lez partay.