Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
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.
The Incredible Vending Machine from Ragnarok M: Eternal Love serves as a reminder that fantasy soda machines are the best soda machines.
Mobile racer Drift Spirits shut down a few years ago, but if you look waaay back in the background of this screenshot, you can spot a pair of soda machines. Thanks for the submission, AnTytle!
I have it on good authority that Peach Ball: Senran Kagura is a pinball game for the Nintendo Switch, but who can pay attention to pinball with that soda machine over in the corner? Thanks for the screenshot, Pablo!
Get this malfunctioning vending machine back in working order in the charmingly titled Vending Machine Repair Kids Fixit Repairman Game. Don’t worry, kids! Once the machine is repaired, you can go back to your regular diet of soda, cupcakes, and…beer?
The zombies were bad enough, and now a power failure has disabled the soda machines in Survival Method. The apocalypse is the worst. [Source]
The recent 8-BIT ADV STEINS;GATE isn’t the first 1980s-themed Steins;Gate demake. These screenshots are from 2011’s Steins;Gate: Variant Space Octet, and they recreate scenes from the original Steins;Gate — soda machines and all — in the style of the NEC PC-88.
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.