At one bar in Urbandale, having a few drinks can now include a few minutes at the joystick.

Click’s CyberBar, 3719 86th St., Urbandale, will celebrate its six-month anniversary later this month. Bar owner Jeff Greene says the bar is new, but has been growing quickly with gamers. Greene, along with his brother, bar manager Eric Standefer, went through a year of constructing, planning and financing before opening Aug. 25.

Greene says he got the idea for Click’s after his sister joked about opening a bar filled with cocktails and computers. Although the bar is primarily centered around video games, there is also a complete food menu.

“When you play a long time, you get hungry and thirsty,” Greene says.

Click’s has 50 high-end computer systems, a full bar and grill, 11 booths fitted with 17-inch LCD televisions, billiards and video games. Use of the computers is $5 an hour, or $2.50 an hour for premium members, who pay an additional $30 a year.

Greene says the two most-played games are “Half Life: Counterstrike” and “Battlefield: 1942,” both of which are shooting games. With more than 60 games available, though, there are other options.

Greene says he sees many of the same faces coming back regularly.

“I know 90 percent of the customers that come in here,” Greene says. “I created every account for them, or at least their usernames.”

Toby Ross, who goes by the username “monkphish,” says the thrill of playing against others makes him a better competitor as well.

“I haven’t met anybody that wouldn’t teach you something,” Ross says.

Ross says he and his brother Monty were given the nickname of “Bash Brothers” after a new player was wondering who kept killing him, and noticed the pair.

“We have ‘Bash Brother 1 and 2’ license plates now,” Ross says.

Ross says gamers also have tournaments at Click’s, with players visiting from as far away as Chicago to play.

“It’s double-elimination, so if you lose once, you’re not out,” Ross says.

Greene says he recently set up a ranking system to show the rating of each gamer. Although he only installed it a few weeks ago, the list has gone from 50 to 138 ranked players.

“Gaming is addictive,” Standefer says. “Once you come in, you stay for a while.”

Although Greene says 90 percent of the bar’s premium members are men, women come in, too. Ross says he went to a school dance with a girl he met at Click’s.

“She is one of the best [‘Counterstrike’ players] around,” Ross says.

Drake student and Click’s patron Christina Thomas says she uses the place a little differently — she brings her two sons and their friends to play while she studies for her classes.

“It is nice for me to sit here and get stuff done,” Thomas says.