Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
This drink machine is from Simple DS Series Vol. 8: The Kanshikikan – Kinkyuu Shutsudou!! Jiken Genba wo Touch Seyo, a visual novel for the Nintendo DS. I’ve developed a real knack over the past few years of muddling through dialogue trees in Japanese visual novels in order to screenshot the inevitable Act 2 soda machine, despite my inability to read even a single word of Japanese.
I love Kairosoft for their unwavering dedication to including soda machines in every single mobile game they release — including this one from Basketball Club Story.
Get your mega mall off to a great start with a pair of soda machines in Mega Mall Story 2!
This soda machine from Alias for the PlayStation 2 was tougher to track down than a Rambaldi artifact!
*clears throat*
A Rambaldi artifact!
Seriously, nothing? Alias was a popular show not that long ago, people!
Treat yourself to a refreshing City Cola, presumably named after SAS: Secure Tomorrow’s developer, City Interactive. If you need an extra boost, perhaps a Selena Energy Drink is more your speed.
And, just for good measure, here are some coffee machines from the game.
Thanks for the screenshots, Trundles!
Sun Cola from the Dead Space series and Frostbite Cola from Battlefield Hardline make cameos in Need for Speed: Heat, laying the groundwork for an eventual EA Cinematic Universe.
The only thing worse than being really thirsty and not having enough change for the soda machine is really needing a bandage and not having enough change for the first aid vending machine.
♫ Hey now, you’re an all-star. King of Fighters, free play. Hey now, Terry Bogard. Trucker hat on, all day. And all that fizzes is gold. Soda machines will keep them cold. ♫
These soda machines are from mobile brawler The King of Fighters ALLSTAR.
Maybe they should have called this game Pokémon Sword and Shield and Soda, amirite? Thanks for the screenshot, Simon!
Wow! There’s a cola named after me in Ultra Frogsheen in Sonoland, an upcoming retro platformer from the fine folks at Infamous Quests, including pixel artist extraordinaire Kevin Wallace. What an honor!
In case you’re wondering, I imagine Jess Cola tastes a lot like RC Cola, only with a hint of cinnamon.