Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
This soda and snack machine from Hotel Dusk: Room 215 for the Nintendo DS truly is a bachelor’s best friend. It’s a little difficult to make out, but the bottom row promises “Cold Drink,” and there’s a Coca-Cola logo visible among the pixelated offerings. Thanks for the screenshot, Chris!
This Caine Classic machine is from American Corporation, an unreleased game from the team that when on to found Demiurge Studios. The drink selection includes Caine, Diet Caine, Shite, and Mountain Goo. Thanks to the fine folks over at Lost Astronaut Games for sending these screenshots my way!
This screenshot from Otaku’s Fantasy is a dream come true for a soda machine nerd like me! [Source]
Stroll down the streets of Kamimori City and enjoy a refreshing soda in LoveKami: Healing Harem.
From what I gather, “girigiri” translates to “just barely.” With pixel-tastic soda machines like these, I feel like that’s selling GiriGiri Paradise for the PC-98 a little short. [Source]
The character on the right seems positive ecstatic about that soda machine in the background in Gal*Gun for the PlayStation 3.
In 2004, Capcom released packs of Mega Man Zero 3 modification cards in Japan. Using these cards with the Game Boy Advance’s e-Reader unlocked special in-game features. For instance, one of of cards replaced the computer in Ciel’s laboratory with a soda machine.
In case you’re curious, here’s the modification card in question…
Habbo Clicker is an idle management game based on Habbo Hotel, and what’s a hotel without a stylish wood grain soda machine in the lobby?
Oh no! The vending machines in Arcade Spirits have run out of “the waters of life, the Dew that flows from the Mountains.” What a disaster.
Meanwhile, the soda machine pictured below is already in the archive, but this screenshot offers a fresh angle on the scene.
How did Iris know my password?!
Mobile rhythm gaming meets chibi tennis action with the added bonus of soda machines in The New Prince of Tennis: RisingBeat. The game isn’t currently available outside Japan, but the developers were kind enough to round up a bunch of vending machines in this promotional image.