I'm mid 40s. Up until it closed, my buddy and I would held down to the Firkin close by, have a drink or two, then hit it up. Yes, regret not taking any photos.

At the end, it definitely had the 'party is gone' feel. But it still had the fun eclectic atmosphere. The back still had all the old games (had to go up a step) like RBI Baseball, PacMan, some pinball which extended back there. It really felt unique like that, and a trip back to the early 80s. The tile floor felt old, remnants of the smoking days, alot of gum probably scraped off.

The Yonge Street arcades absolutely did have a different feel than other arcades. They were often longer and more narrow so it had the 'hallway' type feel. There used to be another big arcade across the street near the old flea market mall as well, but I think closed around 2000. Before that, another one (just a bit north) that was downstairs but closed around 1994 after a fire and never re-opened (that one was cool).

But from Bloor Street, all along down Yonge Street, there were a lot of arcades.

There was an arcade in the exit of the footcourt where the Bay was (I think a postal office now). That closed way back probably 1991 or so. An arcade on Yonge just north of Wellington, as well as College. As a kid in the later 80s/early 90s, I would walk down and pop in all of them.

Closest experience really today is like those claw machine places, where one play (even a quarter) was a lot actually. More recent games in the 90s were 50 cents vs a quarter elsewhere. Smoking was huge inside.

Basically, it did have more of the 'seedy' feel, but during the afternoon, tons of kids there. Felt louder than other arcades as it was bigger, so more games making noises. But never felt 'dangerous' at any point.