The Video Game Soda Machine Project

NORTH

These drink machines from PS4 cyberpunk adventure NORTH look like they’ve spent a couple of years at the bottom of the ocean. Thanks for the screenshot, Chris!

ShadowSide

Ho ho ho! It seems old Saint Nick left a cola machine under the Christmas tree in this rather depressing bar from first-person explore ’em up ShadowSide. Thanks for the screenshot, Cornelius. [Source]

Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass

I don’t recommend shaking down the vending machines in Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass for cash. You wouldn’t like them when they’re angry.

Honestly, a gorilla crushing lightning bolts sounds pretty awesome. Put me down for a six-pack of Xtreme Thunder.

Later in the game, there’s also a high-level version of the Vendotron called the Vendomax. In addition to snacks, it vends Boom Pop and Energy Rex.

Thanks for the screenshots, Dominic!

Persona 2: Innocent Sin

Okay, so it’s entirely possible I skipped through a bunch of dialogue boxes to grab this soda machine screenshot from Persona 2: Innocent Sin and didn’t get that Sumaru Prison is a live music venue and not, you know, an actual prison. That explains all the instruments and amps and stuff.

Zombi

A friendly policeman takes me on a tour of a London Underground station and its fine vending machines in Zombi (a.k.a. ZombiU for the Wii U).