sorry, know of none in northwest of the city.

however two decent ones in CBD and environs:

Wanda Cinema in Wanda Plaza has a big one

the UME Cinema in the new Viva Mall in Shuangjing has a big one

There is one on the 5th floor of the Ucenter, right next to Wu Dao Kou station. Not a large arcade, though.

there's one at zhonguancun but I didn't go inside. what/where is landao?

Shanghai has some wicked 24 hour ones that are dirt cheap (corner of chongqing lu and xujiahui lu- orange-esque building on the 3rd floor) ... a 20 kuai bag of tokens will last any one person until their bored and with all the latest japanese games. Only problem is its really LOUD. they have all the games max on volume. im serious, even with your ipod you can hear the noise.

yeah, please someone sort us out with a luguang (the shanghai name) in BJ!!!

In the biggest mall on wangfujing there is a big SONY arcade on the 5th floor.

anyone seen Street Fighter 4 in any of the above mentioned arcades? live in haidian district so i'll take a look at the YuCenter

ah bugger, yea took a look at the Ucenter one tonight. pretty small and no sign on SF4.

guess i'll keep looking even though you've said I wont be able to find one but hey maybe one day

i've got SF4 on my PS3 back home but the game released a week after I left for beijing......

The arcades in Wanda Plaza and Viva in Shuangjing have SF IV, Calamity Trigger and Tekken 6. I'd love to play more Tekken 6, but 4 kuai a go is kind of expensive.

hey nut cracker thnx for the viva advice. Place is amazing, plus i got to meet some wicked blazblue players there. If you befriend these guys, they can get you a discount card where you will get 3 coins for 2 rmb.

Anyone ealse for some calamity trigger?

Hey everyone. I know this forum may not get checked too often, but honestly these few posts with light descriptions led me to an awesome arcade when I was just about to give up. Thus, I am posting this here as a sort of time capsule, to help anyone like me (I can't be the only one who has ever come to Beijing that loves fighting games...) in their future endeavors.

I will post what I have found, as well as what I didn't find, or didn't even look for because the maps or posts were too vague/didn't help. I will also only be posting about fighting games, since most of the other games are pretty consistent/the same/I don't care as much about them

Originally I was looking for 3S or ST, but quickly gave up and decided to settle on whatever arcades were offering for the most part. I figure games from 94 and 98 that aren't KoF are too old for these arcades to have around. Such is life.

Wudaokou - There is an arcade at the top floor of the the Ucentre mall (very close to the station), but it only has KoF (3 of them...). Didn't spend much time there.

Guomao - I found the elusive Wanda cinemas in Wanda plaza, (it's a nice walk from the station - use a map), and it had 1 SF4 (not super) machine, 1 T6 machine, and 2 KoF machines. Competition was rather low in SF4 (I am not good, but beat everyone who played, which was only 4-5 people in 2-3 hours), T6 and KoF always have people who want to play. Price: 4 yuan each

Xidan - Xidan kicks ass, but you have to know where to look. Since it's hard to find a station that has even one arcade, I was blown away when I found 3 near this station.

1. The first is in the fancy, new mall called Joy City. It sports a T6 machine in the middle of the floor and some KoF machines on the side. Price: 4 yuan for T6, no idea about others.

2. The second was on the top floor of some other big mall. Owned by the same company, you will find similar games. This was probably the most depressing arcade I visited, as some of the games were very old and some of the machines didn't work (wouldn't respond to entering money, sticks not up to par, etc.). They have 2 T6 machines, 1 VF4, 1 SC3, and a bunch of KoF. Price: 1-2 yuan, depending on the game (T6 was 2).

3. I don't know how I found this one, but I was so dejected by the time I got done with those other two arcades that I decided I had to find this "underground mall" before I went home. With a lot of luck and some clues on the ground, I found it. This place is pretty much fantastic. I'm sorry I can't give a better description of where this place is, but it's there. Look for it near the station (it's a bit closer to Xidan station than Joy City and that other mall). They have: 2 SF4 (not super) machines, 2 T6, 1 VF5, 1 Blazblue (CS , 1 TvC (not UAS), Fate/Unlimited Codes, a million KoF machines, and closer to the back they have less popular games, like Blazblue (CT), GGAC, MB:AA, and some others. Best part? Everything: 1 yuan. Competition there is highest I've seen, but not especially high. Was definitely fun and refreshing after my long trek to find a decent arcade.

Zhongguancun - I searched high and low for an arcade here, but couldn't find one. I drudged through a lot of aggressive sales people and general crap to look around this station. Highly not recommended unless you know where you're going or want to buy lots of things.

Shuangjing - I google map searched the Viva mall, but couldn't find it. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, but I don't really feel like going in blind. Any help greatly appreciated.

Wangfujing - Same deal here. I'd love to go, but the post that said "the biggest mall" isn't good enough for me to go in blind trying to find this place. Maybe sometime soon.

I will keep this updated as I learn more about Beijing and what goes on here. I hope this may help future people who are in my shoes.

Dude, you couldn't find the Viva Mall?

It's huge.

It has two McDonald's.

Two.

The arcade is on the 5th floor.

Are you a robot?

The Wangfujing arcade was woefully inferior to the Viva arcade in every way the last time I was there (at least a year ago)

When you get to Shuangjing (go directly south from Guomao on the 3rd ring), Viva is the large building on the west side of the road with "VIVA" written on it in giant, gay, purple letters. Though I think it may have started changing colour recently.

It takes up a very large area of space, has a cinema, a supermarket ,a large variety of places to eat and even more places for women to buy sh*t.
Shuanjing subway has an exit that feeds directly into the place.
There is no way in hell you could miss it if you go there.

BTW the Wangfujing one is on the western side of the main strip.
Behind a mall with a large screen at the entrance, (that might describe a few places, been a while since I was there)

You walk around an alley to the right of the building, it's on the ground floor.
I think the area where you can get scorpions and sh*t might be on the other side, it feeds into an alley packed with stalls where you can buy touristy Chinese things like Feng Shuei compasses, beads and sh*t.

It's been a while man, very possible it was demolished.
Now that I think of it, the Taito logo was above the entrance to the alley.

there's one at zhonguancun but I didn't go inside.