Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood

Evil clown Violent J prepares to dive off a soda machine and onto hard partying enthusiast Andrew W.K. in Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood for the PS2!
The Video Game Soda Machine Project
Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture

Evil clown Violent J prepares to dive off a soda machine and onto hard partying enthusiast Andrew W.K. in Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood for the PS2!

This is a decent soda machine from a really bad Game Boy Color game based on an even worse movie—namely, Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky.

It’s a soda machine from Dirty Harry on the NES! I know what you’re thinking: “Did he drink six sodas or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself. You’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel thirsty?” Well, do ya, punk?

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.