Fugitive

Why go through all the hassle of breaking out of prison in Fugitive, a 1996 puzzle game for Windows, when you have awesome amenities like a soda machine on the inside?
The Video Game Soda Machine Project
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Why go through all the hassle of breaking out of prison in Fugitive, a 1996 puzzle game for Windows, when you have awesome amenities like a soda machine on the inside?

Series developer Game Freak included their own offices in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon, and hey—there’s a soda machine!

Sorry, random Pokémon Sun and Moon NPC, but the only souvenir I’m interested in is a refreshing soda pop!

It’s a little difficult to make out the brand name, but that’s definitely a cola machine in Software Tycoon: Der Spielemanager, a 2001 management game for Windows.

Voice Fantasia S: Ushinawareta Voice Power for the Sega Saturn is your standard “guy gets sucked into his TV and is transported to a video game world where he has to rescue a princess” scenario with a Fus Ro Dah twist. Oh, and there’s a soda machine on the menu screen.

Join everyone’s favorite boy detective for an ice-cold soda in Meitantei Conan: Chika Yūenchi Satsujin Jiken (Detective Conan: The Underground Amusement Park Murder Case) for the Game Boy.


The high school in Twilight Syndrome: Saikai for the PlayStation is super haunted, so I can only assume this soda machine is possessed by a spook, spectre, or ghost.

Investigate the ghostly goings-on at your high school—and maybe stop to enjoy a refreshing soda—in Twilight Syndrome: Tansaku-hen for the PlayStation.

Based on the plot summaries I’ve read online, there’s a lot to unpack in Crescent Moon Girl for the PC-98. It’s probably best just to focus on the soda machine and move on.

When the police chief told Crockett and Tubbs to track down a coke dealer, I don’t think this screenshot from Miami Vice for the Commodore 64 is what he had in mind.
Here’s the same scene in the ZX Spectrum release…
