The Video Game Soda Machine Project

APB Reloaded

June 1, 2018 decafjedi APB Reloaded

This is an all-points bulletin. Be on the lookout for cola machine, approximately six feet tall, dispenses regular and diet drinks. Repeat: suspect dispenses regular and diet drinks. Thanks for the screenshot, Ernie!

Pato Box

June 1, 2018 decafjedi Pato Box

Pato Box is a stylish adventure/fighting game inspired by Nintendo’s Punch-Out!! series. If you ask me, though, they missed a real opportunity here to reference Soda Popinski on the vending machine. [Source]

DESOLATE

May 31, 2018 decafjedi DESOLATE

The text on this vending machine from first-person survival shooter DESOLATE translates to “a charge of freshness,” which is an above-average drink slogan. [Source]

Grav

May 31, 2018 decafjedi Grav

Why go to the vending machine when the vending machine can come to you? Mr. Vendroid is a walking, talking vending machine that dispenses lemonade and other consumables to Grav players. Thanks for the screenshot, Aylad!

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009

May 30, 2018 decafjedi WWE/WWF Games

CM Punk poses in front of a cola machine in WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 for the Nintendo DS. Did you know CM Punk once feuded with fellow WWE superstar John Cena over a spilled can of diet soda? It’s true!

Caligula Overdose

May 30, 2018 decafjedi Caligula Overdose

Caligula Overdose, a JRPG for the PlayStation 4, takes place in a virtual world that provides an escape from everyday life in the form of an “idyllic” high school setting. That’s not how I remember high school, but hey—at least there’s a soda machine. Thanks, Tikhon!

Jailbreak

May 29, 2018 decafjedi Jailbreak, Roblox

It’s no wonder 28,490 people are playing Jailbreak on Roblox as I type this. Check out those snazzy soda machines!

Minimalist Art Club

May 29, 2018 decafjedi Minimalist Art Club

Minimalist Art Club bills itself as “a short game about joining a club, finding soda, determining rank by hat size, and proper fish tank maintenance.” Well, I’m certainly down for the “finding soda” part.

Thanks for the screenshots, Cornelius!

Time Recoil

May 29, 2018 decafjedi Time Recoil

It’s a little difficult to discern in the screenshot, but that’s a row of kvass vending machines from Time Recoil. Kvass isn’t exactly a soda, but its Wikipedia entry is quite possibly the most interesting thing I’ve read all day.

Thanks for the tip, Cornelius! [Source]

Cold Winter

May 25, 2018 decafjedi Cold Winter

Cold Winter for the PlayStation 2 is kinda like Alpha Protocol, only with all the interesting RPG elements stripped away. Cold Winter ultimately edges out Alpha Protocol, though, thanks to this trio of Zaf Lite drink machines.