
FBI Special Agent Victoria McPherson’s investigation turns up a soda machine in Still Life, an click adventure for Windows and Xbox. Thanks, Ian!
Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture

FBI Special Agent Victoria McPherson’s investigation turns up a soda machine in Still Life, an click adventure for Windows and Xbox. Thanks, Ian!

What’s a soda machine doing in the foyer of a strip club? Try not to think about it in The Detail – Episode One: Where the Dead Lie! Thanks for the screenshot, Cornelius.

If you’ve ever dreamed of playing a Super Smash Bros. knock-off starring Tom and Jerry (and featuring a pop machine), allow me to introduce War of the Whiskers for the GameCube!

Wield your mystical sword and quaff arcane sodas in Valis: The Fantasm Soldier for the Famicon!
Of course, soda machines also appear in other versions of the game. Here’s the PC-88 release (including a pixelicious machine from the opening cinematic):


Finally, the soda machines get Coke branding in the MSX release. Well, I guess it’s closer to “Cotc” branding, but you get the idea.


Marica: Shinjitsu no Sekai is an obscure Sega Saturn RPG that takes place in modern-day Tokyo—a setting that virtually guarantees a soda machine or two. Thanks for finding these, Nana!

I think it’s safe to assume at least one of the bubbly bottles displayed on these vending machines from post-apocalyptic role-playing game ELEX represents soda.

Add a Samurai Soda vending machine to your bunker in and ride out the zombie apocalypse in style! I can only assume the presence of Samurai Soda indicates that Dead Trigger 2 is set in the Ace Attorney Expanded Universe.

Tube Warriors for the Amiga combines two of my favorite video game tropes: beating up people in subway stations and soda machines!

I could earn a few points by destroying these soda machines in Burnin’ Rubber: Crash ‘n Burn, but I’d rather put my heavily armed car into park and just admire them.


While investigating a murder at a movie studio in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix and Maya discover a Samurai Soda machine!

Who could possibly object to this soda machine from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney for iOS? Thanks, Simon!

It’s a row of soda machines from Kamiko, a pixelicious action game for the Nintendo Switch. Thanks, Victor!

John McClane takes a brief respite from shooting bad guys to admire this soda machine in Die Hard: Vendetta on the GameCube. Thanks, Jonah!

This Polo Cocta machine is from Skaut Kwatermaster, a Day of the Tentacle-inspired Polish adventure game for Amiga and DOS. Thanks, Duncan!