I assume this Ballz vending machine from Postal 2 is a riff on BAWLS Guarana, frequently marketed as the drink of choice for video gamers. Or it could just be a lazy joke that stands (or falls) entirely on its own.
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Detroit: Become Human
Do androids dream of electric drinks? Detroit: Become Human explores this and other deep philosophical questions through the lens of a combination snack/soda vending machine. Thanks for the screenshot, Gus!
Mall Tycoon 3
Most management sims would only include one soda machine model, but Mall Tycoon 3 isn’t most management sims.
Chrono-Drive
Treat yourself to a refreshing Ora-Cola — a fine product of the Oracle Corporation — in sci-fi shooter Chrono-Drive. Thanks for the submission, Cornelius!
Reprise
I’m struggling to decide between between a frosty Kitten Cola and a jug of coolant in Reprise, an “audio-reactive FPS” in which players fight bad guys by creating music. Thanks for another great submission, Cornelius!
NightShift
This drink machine from NightShift has an image of a wine glass on the front panel, but that seems unlikely considering the game’s office setting. I’m just going to assume it’s a very fancy soda machine. Thanks for the screenshot, Cornelius!
Metro Maniac
Metro Maniac is a 2D simulation of Singapore’s train system — complete with soda and hot beverage machines. Thanks for the screenshot, Cornelius!
Tri Zone: R-CADE Edition
In April 2018, I was part of a team of scholars that presented at the Rutgers-Camden Archive of Digital Ephemera (R-CADE) Symposium. For the presentation, our team acquired, restored, and digitally recreated a 1979 Tri Zone pinball machine. Designer Matt Mundell included this bespoke Generic Soda!!! machine in the background as a nod to my work here at the Video Game Soda Machine Project. Thanks, Matt!
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn, a 2001 video game follow-up to the 1996 film, just goes to prove the old adage: “A garlic soda a day keeps the vampires away.” Or, if you’d prefer a hot beverage, treat yourself to a coffe [sic].
APB Reloaded
This is an all-points bulletin. Be on the lookout for cola machine, approximately six feet tall, dispenses regular and diet drinks. Repeat: suspect dispenses regular and diet drinks. Thanks for the screenshot, Ernie!
Pato Box
Pato Box is a stylish adventure/fighting game inspired by Nintendo’s Punch-Out!! series. If you ask me, though, they missed a real opportunity here to reference Soda Popinski on the vending machine. [Source]
DESOLATE
The text on this vending machine from first-person survival shooter DESOLATE translates to “a charge of freshness,” which is an above-average drink slogan. [Source]
Grav
Why go to the vending machine when the vending machine can come to you? Mr. Vendroid is a walking, talking vending machine that dispenses lemonade and other consumables to Grav players. Thanks for the screenshot, Aylad!
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
CM Punk poses in front of a cola machine in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 for the Nintendo DS. Did you know CM Punk once feuded with fellow WWE superstar John Cena over a spilled can of diet soda? It’s true!
Caligula Overdose
Caligula Overdose, a JRPG for the PlayStation 4, takes place in a virtual world that provides an escape from everyday life in the form of an “idyllic” high school setting. That’s not how I remember high school, but hey—at least there’s a soda machine. Thanks, Tikhon!