Pepsiman
I covered Pepsiman here at The Video Game Soda Machine Project ages ago, but I just realized that I neglected to include the Pepsi machine from the game’s opening FMV clip.
Tag: Product Placement
Endless Skater
If you want to skate infinitely in Endless Skater, you’ll need infinite energy. And if science has taught us anything, it’s that Monster Energy Drink is the only proven way to circumvent the so-called law of conservation of energy that stands in open defiance of truly endless skating.
Thanks to twelve30 on Reddit for the screenshot!
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5
Longtime followers of The Video Game Soda Machine Project already know there are no soda machines in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, but there are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and soda machines in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5, and that’s good enough for me!
Master Splinter, will we ever find a soda machine in an actual Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game?
Figures.
Tony Hawk’s Project 8
Sport Is What You Make It® thanks to this Powerade machine from Tony Hawk’s Project 8. The screenshot above is from the PlayStation 2 release. Here’s the same vending machine in the PlayStation Portable version.
I found out about this vending machine when I was flipping through an old issue of Official Xbox Magazine and the image below caught my eye.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory originally featured product placement in the form of Diet Sprite vending machines. Later versions of the game (presumably released after contracts expired) replaced these Diet Sprite machines with the generic models already archived here at The Video Game Soda Machine Project.
Pete Sampras Tennis 97
Given its courtside placement, I can only assume this Schweppes drink machine from Pete Sampras Tennis 97 (DOS) sprouts arms and legs and runs around retrieving loose tennis balls. Thanks for tracking this one down, ᴛosʜiʙᴀᶜᵒʳᵉ! [Source]
Habbo Hotel
Online hangout Habbo Hotel introduced these funky soda machines as part of a 2009 cross-promotional campaign with Crush soda. Let’s take a closer look…
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PlayStation Home
This vending machine appeared in Red Bull’s House of Skate area for the PlayStation Home platform. Input the correct button sequence, and win in-game Red Bull swag!
PlayStation Home’s Namco Arcade Center was also outfitted with an interactive soda machine — situated in a prime spot right next to Pac-Man, no less!
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Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
The snack kiosk in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, a dinosaur tycoon sim for Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox, boasts Sunkist and Hawaiian Punch vending machines. Thanks, Pablo!
Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity
Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity for the PSP featured this soda machine (along with a bunch of cosmetic items) during a 2011 tie-in campaign with Fanta.