I've already lived that dream, for the most part, having owned my own arcade. I was missing four games that would have made it perfect- Reactor, Zookeeper, Tron and Discs of Tron. Other than those omissions, I feel pretty good about having done it, and have long moved on.
Games in my arcade (not all at once; some were swapped, parted, or sold during this time):
Vids:
Tempest
Battlezone
Space Duel
Breakout
Anti-Aircraft
Steeplechase
Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man (both upright and cabaret at different times)
Pac-Man Unleashed! (took the available hack at the time, burned the roms, and built a JAMMA cab using a DECO cab with an adaptor to run the Pac board)
Asteroids
Omega Race (caberet)
Turbo
Frogger
Rally X
Defender
Joust
Scramble
Bump N Jump
Rampage
Spy Hunter
Dark Stalkers
Frenzy
Street Fighter 2
Lethal Enforcers (1 and 2)
Police Trainer
SF Rush (2 linked cabs)
Hyperdrive
Area 51: Site 4
Ikari 3
Street Smart (utter rubbish, in a converted Tron cabinet)
Klax
Atari Tetris
Attax (I think that's what it was called)
Gladiator (Taito)
Time Soldiers
Double Dragon
Virtual Racing
VS Mario Golf
(and some I'm sure I've forgotten)
(Also owned Monaco GP cockpit, Tank, and Circus, but never operated them outside of my house)
Pins:
Centaur
Twilight Zone
Funhouse
Star Trek (Bally; had two of these)
Lost World
Rapid Fire
Pinbot
Time Machine
Party Zone
X-Files
Terminator 2
Pinball Magic
Eight Ball Deluxe (couldn't keep it running for more than a day, no matter what I tried. Some harness issue I never fixed)
(maybe more... can't remember)
These days, I'm long out of the business, and have exactly zero machines. Someday I'll grab an old classic for the parlor, but music is my passion these days. Atari and Midway have been replaced by Gibson and Marshall 
"One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces!"- Nick Mason, Pink Floyd
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