Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
This soda machine appeared in the trailer for Jurassic Park: Trespasser and was eventually replaced by a different model in the actual game. It’s a little difficult to make out from the screenshot, but I’m gonna call it Triceratops Cola!
Shadowforce Agent Karen Bride takes a break from disarming bombs to pose in front of this Fresh Up soda machine in Hidden Invasion for the PlayStation 2!
John McClane is having a rough day in Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza. Maybe a caffeinated pick-me-up is just what the doctor ordered. Thanks for the screenshot, Albert!
Street Boyz is an obscure 3D brawler for the PlayStation 2 that was released only in Japan and Europe. With a rad name like Street Boyz, you had to assume a soda machine would show up eventually.
We have to stop the nefarious New Order Nation from sneaking dangerous chemicals into our soda supply—and rescue Aerosmith, I suppose—in Revolution X! The screenshot above is from the arcade version. The SNES port, with its Choke Cola machine, is pictured below.
The Genesis port switches out the Choke Cola machine in favor of a generic drinks machine.
Meanwhile, the PlayStation 1 version is already in the archive.
There’s an alien invasion underway in C-12: Final Resistance for the PlayStation 1, and it’s up to you to protect Earth’s precious soda machines from the interstellar interlopers!
Believe it or not, Estranged: Act II isn’t the first game in the Video Game Soda Machine Project’s collection to feature carrot soda. That dubious honor goes to Rayman Raving Rabbids (which at least had the excuse of starring hyperkinetic rabbity things).
If carrot soda isn’t your thing, you can always get refreshed with this beverage machine from an earlier version of Estranged: Act II.
Thanks, Cornelius!
The Cola Crusader is back in action in DC Universe Online, doing what she does best: posing dramatically beside a soda machine.
And, because it’s too good to pass up, here’s the Crusader giving the old thumbs-up in front of the Soder Cola factory’s rooftop sign…
