PAKO 2
Robbing these vending machines would be the heist of the century in getaway driver sim PAKO 2!
Author: decafjedi
Victorious: Taking the Lead
The characters in Victorious: Taking the Lead for the Wii are fretting over who will land the starring role in their high school’s production of Romeo and Juliet, but I just want to learn more about Wahoo Punch and Power Soda.
As it turns out, these are remarkably accurate re-creations of vending machines that appeared in actual episodes of the Victorious television series.
Impressive attention to detail, High Voltage Software!
G.I. Joe: Attack on Cobra Island
Yo Joe! There’s a cola machine behind the burning crate in this screenshot from G.I. Joe: Attack on Cobra Island, a fan game that reimagines the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero cartoon as a 1990s Capcom brawler. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!
Thanks, Jonah!
The Office
Dunder Mifflin boasts a combination snack and soda machine in the 2007 video game adaptation of The Office. I wonder if it’s the same vending machine where Jim hid all Dwight’s office supplies in that one episode. Jim was such a jerk.
Thanks for the screenshot, Jonah!
JYDGE
This screenshot from JYDGE (a “lawful-but-awful roguehate top-down shooter”) features an Explodz energy drink machine. Explodz also appears in Tennis in the Face and Baseball Riot by the same developer. The AgriHappy snack machine previously appeared in Neon Chrome.
Here’s another screenshot with a Soma Cola machine (also seen previously in Neon Chrome).
Thanks, Cornelius!
Smash the Office
Take out your frustrations on this Smash Cola machine from mobile stress-reliever Smash the Office! You can experience the beatdown below in animated GIF form.
Bus Company Simulator
Bus Company Simulator: Career & Economy System for OMSI 2 has it all: a catchy title, a soda machine, people standing around looking at a shift schedule. What more could you possibly want from a video game?
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Have a cold drink and make the most of your license to chill in James Bond 007: Blood Stone!
Soul Axiom
It’s hard to find Coke and Tang in the same vending machine, which is why I think this Cola Shake machine from Soul Axiom is an important addition to The Video Game Soda Machine Project.
Paprium
Paprium is a homebrew Sega Genesis brawler due out later this year. to their credit, the developers appear to have painstakingly recreated the defining quality of the 16-bit beat ’em up genre: destructible soda machines.