Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
Steins;Gate Elite was released in the US yesterday, and the Switch version includes an 8-bit reimagining of the original Steins;Gate as a bonus. These screenshots recreate a scene previously archived in this entry, soda machines and all.
Visual novel Steins;Gate is set in Akihabara, so it’s not surprising that it features its fair share of drink machines.
Stranded in Space: Atomic Quest is a game jam adventure where you play as a robot tasked with repairing a space station’s dying generator. Luckily, there’s still enough energy left to keep the soda machines up and running.
Just for good measure, here’s a snack machine from the game…
Who can resist a name like Space Dream Foods?
Your feline friends are throwing a party, and it’s up to you to collect money and buy soda for the shindig in pixel platformer Le Chat Foncé: Petite Adventure 2.
Swing by the convenience store in super-cute mobile city builder SuperCity, park your bike, and grab an ice cold orange soda from the vending machine.*
* Please note that purchasing a soda might require waiting an hour to rebuild energy or speeding things up via microtransactions.
I can’t tell whether this soda machine from rogue-lite platformer Legacy Code is angry or just generally unimpressed with my platforming skills.
If you thought our healthcare system was broken, get a load of this bit from the 2012 press release announcing Monster Hospital for iOS: “As sick monsters recover, they can be hired as staff.” That seems a little exploitative. Anyway, at least there’s a soda machine in the waiting room.
Jotaro only has eyes for this heavenly soda machine in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven for the PlayStation 4.
Dance to the rhythm of refreshment with this soda machine from Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight. Thanks for the screenshots, generic name!
Crack down on thirst with this quasi-futuristic Monkey Moonshine vending machine from Crackdown 3.
Thanks for the screenshots, anjilslaire and DrBenLitherland!
Longtime followers of The Video Game Soda Machine Project already know there are no soda machines in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, but there are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and soda machines in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5, and that’s good enough for me!
Master Splinter, will we ever find a soda machine in an actual Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game?
Figures.
This plunked-down-out-of-nowhere vending machine has cans of soda on display, but it apparently doesn’t dispense anything. What kind of sick game are you playing, Digimon Links?
I’m crying tears of joy after discovering this soda machine in Tokimeki Memorial 2: Substories – Dancing Summer Vacation for the PlayStation 1. [Source]
Live out your Rollercoaster Dreams on the PlayStation 4 — assuming those dreams involve soda machines with blurred out logos that make it impossible to determine what real-world brands they might represent.
