Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture
Whoomp, there it is. “It” being a soda machine from Crash Tag Team Racing for the PlayStation 2, of course. I wonder what happens when Crash interacts with the soda machine…
Finally, here’s the lower-res version of the soda machine from Crash Tag Team Racing’s PlayStation Portable release.
There’s a dilapidated cola machine stationed outside Loomis Gasoline in South Park: The Fractured But Whole’s new Bring the Crunch DLC. [Source]
I’ve seen a lot of video game soda machines in my day, but I can’t help but admire the meta corniness of these Dr. No machines from GoldenEye: Source, a multiplayer remake of the N64 classic using Valve’s Source engine.
This soda machine appears in the PS2 and Wii releases of Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Slime optional.
Speaking of slime, I responded to reports of a Class-5 full-roaming vapor at the Sedgewick Hotel in the Nintendo DS version and discovered this Zen soda machine in the lobby.
You can compare these with the soda machines found in the PlayStation Portable and Windows/PS3/Xbox 360 versions of the game in the archive.
During your tour of the Bright Dawn Treatment Center in Dementium: The Ward, be sure to take advantage of the Soda Popp vending machines conveniently located throughout our facility.
Crying is not Enough is a Silent Hill-inspired survival horror game for Windows. With all that crying, it’s a good thing the game has so many drink machines to keep players properly hydrated. Thanks for the heads-up on this one, Adrian!
Shanking your way through an asylum works up a powerful thirst. Thankfully, this soda machine is present in both the original Nintendo DS release of Dementium II as well as the later remastered version for PC. Thanks for the tip, Adrian!
Welcome to My Hospital: Build and Manage, where doctors can cure pretty much anything with mysterious blue, yellow, and green elixirs concocted in an on-site laboratory. Don’t let Big Pharm fool you, though; an ice-cold soda remains the time-tested cure for what ails you. Thanks for sending this one in, George!
Build the hospital of your dreams — vending machines and all — in Dream Hospital for Android. Thanks for the screenshot, George!
