Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
One More Shake challenges players to flip soda machines upside down, shake out cans, and somehow earn money in the process. If you ask me, that’s a great way to get a face full of violently shaken soda.
Thanks for the tip on this one, Aubezz!
There’s a lone bottle of soda left inside this vending machine from Silver Pines. Careful resource management is an important part of any survival horror game, so I guess you’ll have to make that one last.
Thanks for the submission, Aubezz!
Cloud Strife stops to admire this vending machine from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. After all, hauling around an absurdly oversized sword can really work up a thirst.
Thank to MattP3000 for the screenshot!
As far as I can tell, this lone soda machine in the middle of nowhere is the only one in Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden, a 1989 RPG that brings together several manga heroes from the pages of Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Here’s a closer look at the machine.
The only drink available is a single bottle of cola, which comes in handy later as part of a quest to recruit JoJo (of Bizarre Adventure fame).
Alfred encounters this Summer Love soda machine at Karl’s Pump & Mart in Forever Ago, a narrative adventure about a widower setting out on a road trip through memories of the life he shared with his late wife. Too bad it’s out of order.
Don’t despair, though! There’s a working model a little later in the game.
Count out your loose change, kids, and let’s buy a can of So Duh from this vending machine in Math Missions: The Race to Spectacle City Arcade, a 2003 edutainment title.
Loki and Odin square up in front of a pair of BREAK TIME drink machines in Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi: Gekitō! Ragnarok Hachikengō (Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Fierce Fight! The Eight Fists of Ragnarok) for the PS2. Thanks for the submission, Ami!
The Conveni: Ano Machi wo Dokusen Seyo is a quirky Japanese convenience store simulator for the PlayStation, and it offers a variety of drink vending machines serving both hot and cold beverages.
You’re out to build a parking lot empire in Car Park Capital, and nothing keeps thirsty motorists coming back to your asphalt kingdom quite like a well-placed soda machine.
Thanks to Ben, my co-host on Quest Quest: The Adventure Game Podcast, for submitting this screenshot!
Don’t be a Pinhead! Stop torturing yourself and grab an ice-cold soda from this vending machine in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival.
Thanks for the heads-up on this one, MattP!