> wich games would be in your perfect arcade saloon?
A saloon? Bleep that. Bleep that in the... not the blank. No. Another hole. The stab wound in it's chest, right where the heart would be (if it had a heart).
*sigh* okay. Anyway, here it goes.
category not given by OP
Strider Crossed Swords Toki Rastan Gladiator Pac-Man
shooters (I'll include sh'mups too)
After Burner (II) After Burner Climax Galaxy Force II Galaga Centipede Truxton Gradius II Gradius III Life Force
sports
Windjammers
fighting
Street Fighter II, Championship Edition Street Fighter III, 3rd Strike X-Men, Children of the Atom Street Fighter Alpha 2 Marvel Super Heroes Samurai Shodown Samurai Shodown II Samurai Shodown IV Marvel vs Capcom Marvel vs Capcom 2 Killer Instinct Killer Instinct 2 Mortal Kombat 3
shooting
House of the Dead (I dunno, 4 I guess)
racing
Daytona USA Manx TT Super Bike Super Hang-On Sega Rally Championship
puzzle (also not given by OP)
Tetris (a game based on QIX, but I can't recall the name of it, not one of the Gal Panic games) KLAX
This list probably doesn't meet your requirements but it's my arcade (I don't know where you're getting this "saloon" poop) and it could probably be better, but w/e.
eta: I now read some of the other replies, and definitely some good games I forgot to mention (Final Fight, Discs of Tron, -just to name a couple). But to add them would just be copying. I've probably got too many listed already.