Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
El Matador stars a DEA special agent tasked with taking down drug cartels in Central and South America, providing players with opportunities to seize both coca and cola.
Believe it or not, this entry marks the 2,000th soda machine cataloged here at The Video Game Soda Machine Project. Thanks to everyone who has contributed along the way!
I respect a game like Hidden Target (a.k.a. Jonathan Kane: The Protector) that features a soda machine in the very first room of the tutorial level. It makes my job so much easier.
You know, for a game with a flashy title like Megamagic: Wizards of the Neon Age, this is a surprisingly sedate soda machine. Thanks for the screenshot, Cornelius!
Will you choose classic Coma Cola or Coma Cola Xtrem Flavour in cyberpunk RPG E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy?
No wonder senpai doesn’t notice me in Yandere School. He’s too distracted by all the vending machines!
Resolve a hostage crisis in a Dutch train station successfully, and your squad leader might just treat you to a Cool!! soda in Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear – Black Thorn.
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If you want a Blast soda from this vending machine in Retro City Rampage, it’s gonna cost ya $15. Just for fun, here’s the same scene in “Super Video Brick” mode…
Cold pop is Ben Affleck’s drink of choice in The Sum of All Fears. Thanks, Darren!
Why do I get the feeling these Coke machines were used without permission? Paranoia 2: Savior also features this austere Soviet-era soda machine.
Thanks for the screenshots, Albert!
You’re the last line of defense against aliens bent on stripping the planet of its precious fried chicken resources in Crispy Chicken. Don’t forget to grab a drink from one of these vending machines to wash down the Colonel’s finest.
Even though Monster Madness Online was canceled during alpha testing, this Jitter Cola machine from the game’s lobby definitely looks ready for prime time!
The 2013 Rise of the Triad reboot featured these Mountain Screw and Duke Cola soda machines. Hail to the king, baby!
I’m desperate for a refreshing Mounti Fresh soda in Code of Honor 3: Desperate Measures!
The designers of zombie shooter BrainBread 2 almost spelled Fanta correctly, but they completely dropped the ball on Coca-Cola.
This screenshot from Takedown: Red Sabre has it all. Soda machines! Potted plants! Some guy in a suit hula dancing on broken glass!
Trade in your tokens at this food unit for a cold beverage or snack in Apogee’s Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold. Thanks, CorwinB87!
Soda machines make frequent appearances in both zombie apocalypse games and hidden object games, so it’s no surprise to find this ice cold drinks machine in Small Town Terrors: Livingston, a hidden object game about the zombie apocalypse. Thanks, Cornelius!
Like Chie, the protagonist of LcdDem, I enjoy balancing newly purchased soda cans on my head before inbibing.
Absolute Force Online was a 2012 Chinese free-to-play tactical shooter. The servers are no longer running, but at least we have these soda machines to remember it by.
I spy the unmistakable wave logo of a CGA cola can in this vending machine from Mayday Squad, a DOS forerunner of the modern tactical squad shooter!
This character from WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02 just needs to give in and embrace the vending machine lifestyle. Thanks, Cornelius!
Triad Wars, an online open world sequel to Sleeping Dogs, was canceled by Square Enix in 2015, but at least one screenshot of its colorful Dragon Kick soda machines survives!
It seems the servers for Tactical Intervention have shut down, sadly rendering it an offline online shooter. Let’s never forget the game’s significant achievements with regards to bazookas and beverage vending.
I Can Do It – Vending Machine is an “educational” game for Android that promises players “the experience of buying drinks from a vending machine.” In this case, the drinks include favorites like Koala-Cola and Panda fruit soda.
More details from the game’s description: “Put in the money… press the button… ta-da! I bought my own drink! No matter how many you buy, your mom and dad won’t get mad. Buy as many drinks as you want in this simulation.”
Who can resist an Addictive Soda? This screenshot is from Ion Maiden, a brand-new old-school FPS from 3D Realms, developed using the Build engine made famous by games like Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior. Thanks, Anatoly!
Oh, and it turns out the machines also appear in other colors.
Thanks, Nukkus!
It’s a bunch of drink machines — or “dispenzahs” in the parlance of Oddworld — from Munch’s Oddysee for the Game Boy Advance! Each drink provides a different power-up.
Judging by its color scheme, I can only assume this soda machine from Lizzie McGuire 2: Lizzie Diaries for the Game Boy Advance dispenses some knock-off version of TaB. The same soda machine also pops up on the game’s menu screen.
Ai Hidaka seems apprehensive about these soda machines from THE iDOLM@STER: Deadly Stars for the Nintendo DS.
Soda cans purchased from this machine in Zoo Tycoon DS will apparently satisfy some, but not all, of a guest’s thirst. Is it just me, or does that look like a crypto-Red Bull machine to anyone else?
