The Video Game Soda Machine Project
Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
Konbini is an indie vignette game that invites players to explore the narrator’s memories of an abandoned convenience store. Feed coins into the vending machine to hear the narrator reminisce about an especially memorable citrus drink. Here’s an even more minimalist take on the soda machine from the title screen…
In 2013, Subway Surfers introduced Tokyo as a limited-time destination in its World Tour mode. In these screenshots, Harumi surfs past a variety of soda machines.
Having never visited Tokyo myself, I can’t speak to the accuracy of the “one soda machine stacked on top of another” configuration.
How edgy is this screenshot from Gungrave, a third-person shooter for the PS2 starring a guy with a coffin full of guns chained to his back? So edgy that I almost overlooked the soda machines.
As far as I can tell, these guys from Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number bought a bunch of Red Pop from the soda machine, spilled it everywhere, and then slipped in the puddles. Tragic!
Everything is vaguely creepy in Silent Hill — even the vending machines!
I appreciate the minimalist low-polygon elegance of this soda machine from Rituals, a 3D Myst-’em-up set in a mysterious office building.
Thanks for the screenshots, Cornelius!
I read a review of D.i.R.T.: Origin of the Species that claimed the game was “notable only for its generally poor taste, ugly graphics, and nonsensical plot.” What about its vending machines?!
Zombie Panic! Source isn’t messing around when it comes to soda machines! In fact, these brands are all instant classics. We have Dr. Zombo, Caliber .45, Crunk’O Cola, Pow!, Minty Zed, OMGAHD Gothic Soda, and Dr. Moe’s VITABR!AN. What more could you want from a game?
With this post, The Video Game Soda Machine Project has surpassed 1,800 soda machines. Thanks to everyone who has submitted entries along the way. Making it to 2,000 is starting to feel like a real possibility.
Unit now engaging soda machine — code name “Fresh Drinks” — using standard tactical protocol in Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, a 2004 XBox exclusive.
Anarcute is the cutest riot simulator on the market today, right down to its adorable little soda machines. Thanks for the screenshot, Cornelius!
Bolt Logan is a cyborg mercenary on a mission in Chrome, and his mission includes conducting reconnaissance on all known vending units.
You have to appreciate the natural splendor a vintage wood grain soda machine like this one from Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans, a 2017 brawler for Windows.
It’s a little difficult to suspend disbelief when the soda brand featured in Codename: Nina – Global Terrorism Strike Force is named after the game’s protagonist.
Solve the mystery of who stuck their finger in all the the jelly donuts — and maybe help yourself to a soda — in DinerTown Detective Agency!
