
Considering the cafeteria in Anime Studio Story boasts a soda machine, it should raise staff attitude by at least three points!
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Considering the cafeteria in Anime Studio Story boasts a soda machine, it should raise staff attitude by at least three points!


Play games! Win tickets! Chug soda! With enough tokens, you can do it all in The Pierhead Arcade!

Ice-cold cola served in cans? From where I’m standing, it looks like Alan Wake is living the American Dream. Thanks for the screenshot, Ironicus!

There’s a soda machine on the pachinko parlor floor and a few more vending machines stationed outside the building in Pachinko Challenger for the Super Famicon!


Two soda machines and a skill crane “wellcome” you to the arcade in Dōkyūsei 2, a dating simulator for the PC-98!
You can also spot red and blue soda machines scattered around the game’s overworld map…


If you’re searching for the best drinks, look no further than this soda machine from Cy Girls for the PlayStation 2!

NEOTOKYO° doesn’t fool around when it comes to vending machines!


It’s a pair of impassable, smashable vending machines from post-apocalyptic roguelike Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. Thanks, freezing cloud!

Oh No! for the PS1 is a precursor to the modern endless runner genre, starring a trio of underwear-glad men tromping through the streets of Japan (and past the occasional soda machine).


I’m sure Jake Elliot’s Kentucky Root Beer is deliciously refreshing, but Octodad: Dadliest Catch has blown my mind with the concept of carbonated koala milk.

There are times when it wonder if it’s really worth scouring the entirety of video game history just to find a 6×9 pixel soda machine… BUT THIS ISN’T ONE OF THOSE TIMES! Refreshment is only a city block away in Shuushoku Game, a career sim for the Super Famicon!

These drink and snack machines are scattered around the Vekta City Mall in Killzone for the PlayStation 2!

Be sure to ask the paramedics to wheel you past this soda machine on your way to the ER in Hospitalize!

I’ve long hoped to induct a Virtual Boy game here at The Video Game Soda Machine Project, and that day has finally arrived. Check out the pop machine in this screenshot from Nester’s Funky Bowling!
Thanks for the heads-up on this one, FedoraMark. The screenshot is via the always amazing Hardcore Gaming 101.

Don’t forget to buy a soda or two while you’re hitting up the bait and tackle shop in Legend of the River King 2 for the Game Boy Color!