Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
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!
Why not take a break from collecting shiny trinkets and admire this squiggly soda machine from Bad Magpie?
Thanks for the tip on this one, KBlaney!
Look, I understand that surviving in the post-apocalyptic ruins of Busan is stressful, but there’s always time for vending machines. Thanks for the screenshot, Rusty!
The Warriors, a 2005 beat ’em up based on the 1979 film, features these Carla Cola vending machines. It turns out the local Coney Island business owners don’t appreciate it when you smash them up with a sledgehammer.
The sky might be falling, but there’s always time to stop for a cold bottle of soda in Disney’s Chicken Little for the Game Boy Advance.
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