I lived in Arcades, and high or not, I don't remember anything that sounds remotely like what you are describing.
Those were the good ol days. Going down town to a dark and smoke filled arcade. I remember seeing 12 year old kids in there with a cigarette in one hand punching buttons, joy stick in the other, and their skate board propped up against the side of the machine.
Then there was Putt Putt Golf down in Texas where they had buildings three stories high full of nothing but arcade machines.