Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
Haunted Halls: Revenge of Doctor Blackmore describes itself as “mind-bending journey into the realm of the weird.” Specifically, prepare to have your mind bent during a layover in the realm of Chernobyl, where the player encounters this weird soda machine.
This scene from Escape the Museum requires the player to pour a can of soda on a live fuse box to unlock a security door. That hardly seems safe.
Trick out your garage with soda and coffee machines in Gear Club Unlimited for the Nintendo Switch [Source]
Beeswing is a hand-drawn RPG set in rural Scotland. This scene references a character purchasing a chocolate bar from the vending machine, but a closer look reveals a few bottles on the shelves amongst the candy.
Pixel People need pixel pop, so it’s a good thing there’s a pair of soda machines outside the pharmacy in this mobile city-building sim.
Well, lookie what we have here, boys: a coupla Hickola pop machines from Redneck Rampage: Suckin’ Grits on Route 66.
Evil clown Violent J prepares to dive off a soda machine and onto hard partying enthusiast Andrew W.K. in Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood for the PS2!
This is a decent soda machine from a really bad Game Boy Color game based on an even worse movie—namely, Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky.
It’s a soda machine from Dirty Harry on the NES! I know what you’re thinking: “Did he drink six sodas or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself. You’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel thirsty?” Well, do ya, punk?
Why go through all the hassle of breaking out of prison in Fugitive, a 1996 puzzle game for Windows, when you have awesome amenities like a soda machine on the inside?
Series developer Game Freak included their own offices in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon, and hey—there’s a soda machine!
Sorry, random Pokémon Sun and Moon NPC, but the only souvenir I’m interested in is a refreshing soda pop!
It’s a little difficult to make out the brand name, but that’s definitely a cola machine in Software Tycoon: Der Spielemanager, a 2001 management game for Windows.
Voice Fantasia S: Ushinawareta Voice Power for the Sega Saturn is your standard “guy gets sucked into his TV and is transported to a video game world where he has to rescue a princess” scenario with a Fus Ro Dah twist. Oh, and there’s a soda machine on the menu screen.
Join everyone’s favorite boy detective for an ice-cold soda in Meitantei Conan: Chika Yūenchi Satsujin Jiken (Detective Conan: The Underground Amusement Park Murder Case) for the Game Boy.
