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-> ''Get ready for the Mayhem.'' -PAM Launch Trailer

''Post Apocalyptic Mayhem'', or [[FunWithAcronyms PAM for short]], is a VehicularCombat game by developer SteelMonkeys, creators of ''2 Days to Vegas'' and ''VideoGame/SpyHunterNowhereToRun''. It was released on March 17, 2011, on Platform/{{Steam}}.

It's AfterTheEnd, with the ApocalypseHow left unexplained. There is no ExcusePlot, [[GuideDangIt no tutorial]] (unless you count the quick reference in the options menu) and very short load times. The only thing that matters is action. [[WeaponizedCar Twelve different war-wagons]], each with distinct weaponry, battle it out over five sprawling tracks to see who can score the most kills.

Players can compete against AI-controlled vehicles in single races or three-track tournaments. [[CompetitiveMultiplayer They can also go online to compete against up to five other players in ranked or unranked matches.]]
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!!''Post-Apocalyptic Mayhem'' provides examples of:
* AbnormalAmmo: Ice crystals, toxic barrels, giant balls of ice cream, magnetic torpedoes, ''logs''...
* [[AnIcePerson An Ice Car:]] The Nitrogenius is a four-wheeled liquid nitrogen factory, replete with ice sheets hanging off all protruding surfaces. The Ice Scream takes [[SillinessSwitch a different approach,]] using weaponized frozen treats to decimate opponents.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you are far away from other cars, your Nitrous will burn longer- enabling you to get back into the fight.
* AtomicSuperpower: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Nucloid is all about this trope,]] despite its appearances (It's an armored, [[RealMenWearPink hot pink]] ''Smart Car''). Its front weapon generates a radioactive pulse that tosses enemy vehicles into the air in addition to damaging them, [[StuffBlowingUp its rear weapon drops radioactive canisters]] and its side weapon drops [[NuclearOption a pair of full-on micro nuclear warheads.]] The Nucloid doesn't mess around. As you might expect from a Smart Car, it's nimble but obviously not meant for off-road work, having the worst handling of any car.
** Well, it is a [[FridgeLogic ''Smart'' car..]].
* AWinnerIsYou: Not in first place? GAME OVER, whether it is or not.
* BottomlessMagazines: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] [[EmergencyWeapon You don't have a weak, infinite ammo]] [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal machine gun or something to help you along,]] so the only way to fight is to grab the colored barrels to arm your weapons- and each one is only worth one use. Time your attacks!
* CarFu: You can use your NitroBoost to inflict minor ramming damage to other cars, but the Logger is the master of this thanks to it's front mounted Thrasher- a massive, spiked grinder. The Veteran gets in on the action with it's [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice pneumatic piledrivers]] and the new Tow'er has a massive, pounding clamp- and for good measure, can actually drop a wrecked car.
* ChainsawGood: The Logger's Blades of Steel side weapon deploys a pair of rotary sawblades on swing-arms.
* CoolCar: Special mention goes to the [[IncrediblyLamePun Nitrogenius]] and the Space Cowboy, a rocket-powered dune buggy.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The pick-up barrels are color-coded by type. Yellow for front weapons, blue for side, red for rear and green for boost refills- they also correspond to the Platform/Xbox360 controller's face buttons. There are also black barrels, which randomly give one of the above.
* DeadlyGas: The Kitty with Claws can deploy a cloud of noxious perfume that [[InterfaceScrew screws up an opponent's controls]] in addition to damaging them. The Ice Scream can do this with side-firing clouds of deadly... ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome cotton candy.]]''
* DownloadableContent: The free "Mayhem Pack", Released in June of 2011, adds three new cars ([[LethalJokeWeapon The Kitty with Claws]], [[AtomicSuperpower The Nucloid]] and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice The]] [[GatlingGood Vete]][[MilitaryMashupMachine ran]]) and one new track, the "[[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Death 8 Area]]".
** A free new map, "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Airplane Cemetery,]]" was recently added.
** The "Chaos Pack", which costs $1.99, adds three more cars: The [[LethalJokeCharacter Ice Scream]], the [[CarFu Tow'er,]] and [[CowboyCop The Fuzz!]]
* EveryCarIsAPinto
* FireBreathingWeapon: The Skorch's Soul Burner is a pair of forward-facing flame throwers.
* FoeTossingCharge: Though any car can "charge" using NitroBoost, the Childhood Dreams, a [[WeaponizedCar Weaponized School Bus,]] adds the "Foe Tossing" part via the Scoop of Destiny weapon, a massive, pivoted dozer blade that snags an enemy car and tosses it up and over the bus, dealing severe damage in the process. Any car not outright destroyed will find itself at the back of the pack.
* FreezeRay: All of the Nitrogenius' weapons use liquid nitrogen to various ends. It's front-mounted Freezethrower [[InstantIceJustAddCold flash-freezes]] opponents, [[LiterallyShatteredLives allowing you to shatter them on impact.]] It's side-mounted Ice Fish and rear-mounted Ice Maker weapons create slippery patches and damaging chunks of ice, respectively.
* GatlingGood: The Veteran's side weapon is a pair of Gatling turrets that shred anything to the side of the truck.
* GrenadeLauncher: The Fuzz! uses a pair of these as it's forward weapon.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The Veteran's forward weapon is a pair of massive pneumatic spikes.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Logger's Killing Logs]] weapon drops a [[WhenTreesAttack craneload of logs in the truck's wake, dealing massive damage and tripping up anyone who hits them.]] The Veteran has a similar weapon that drops ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill tank traps,]]'' though with a narrower, denser spread.
** The Kitty With Claws ''[[LethalJokeWeapon is]]'' this trope. It's a pink Beetle with cartoon cats drawn on the side, that uses a {{Unicorn}}-horn [[ThisIsADrill drill,]] [[DeadlyGas Deadly Perfume]], and [[StuffBlowingUp exploding]] [[LethalJokeWeapon goddamn]] ''[[BearsAreBadNews teddy bears.]]''
** The Ice Scream, a weaponized ice cream truck, also deals in this. It can unleash a barrage of ice cream balls forward, spray deadly cotton candy out it's sides or drop massive ice cream balls in it's wake.
** The Tow'er can drop steel car-boots to the side, tripping up and damaging opposing cars.
** The Fuzz! can drop donut bombs out it's sides, which tend to toss opponents into the air.
** Meth Alchemist uses exploding pink flamingo sticky-bombs as its side weapon. [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit "Fire Ze Flamingoes!"]]
* InterfaceScrew: The Skorch's Paraequilbrium side weapon fires magnetic missiles that latch onto enemy cars and either force them to a dead stop or send them careening into the nearest solid object before [[StuffBlowingUp exploding]].
* JackOfAllStats: The Nitrogenius. The Skorch also has average stats, trailing the Nitrogenius on handling but leading on damage output. The Kitty with Claws and The Fuzz! also have middling stats.
* HollywoodAcid: The Meth Alchemist's Acid Death weapon rapid-fires barrels of some indescribable toxic, acidic nastiness at enemies. It is the longest-firing forward weapon, giving the Alchemist a nasty punch when trailing the pack.
* MagneticWeapons: Of a sorts. The Space Cowboy's Magnetic Fever weapon causes the next car the Cowboy rams to become super-magnetized causing that car to attract a ton of scrap-metal that pounds it into oblivion.
* MightyGlacier: The Logger and the Childhood Dreams. The Meth Alchemist is faster and more manuverable but with less overall robustness.
* MilitaryMashupMachine: The Veteran is an eight-wheeled beast that's half [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks US Army half-ton truck]], and half [[RedsWithRockets Soviet]] [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APC.]] It boasts the best handling in the game in exchange for the worst acceleration.
* MolotovCocktail: The Childhood Dreams can launch whole groups of these to the side, damaging enemies on impact and also setting the immediate area on fire, leaving a flaming trap for pursuing foes.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The Meth Alchemist is an [[Series/BreakingBad RV turned Meth Lab]] turned high-speed combat vehicle.
* NitroBoost: Different cars have differently-sized boost meters, but they all regenerate at the same pace. Pick up green barrels to refill the meter instantly.
* OilSlick: The Childhood Dreams' Oil Fields weapon does this.
* ParkingGarage: The "Concrete Jungle" track features one.
* PoisonMushroom: The Alchemist's Pseudo-Powerups weapon drops fake versions of the power-up barrels that inflict explosive damage when touched.
* PowerUp: The aforementioned barrels.
* RampJump: Frequent.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The Logger is the slowest accelerating vehicle, yet features melee-focused weaponry. Therefore, it has a very long boost meter to catch up with other cars, second only to the rocket-powered Space Cowboy.
* RuinsOfTheModernAge: Featured most prominently in "Concrete Jungle".
* RuleOfCool: If [[NitroBoost nitro]] is used while driving The Fuzz!, it's siren will turn on.
* ShiftingSandLand: The "Wasteland" track, though the only hazards to worry about are the other cars. "Cold War Beach" is a fusion of this and RuinsOfTheModernAge.
* ShockAndAwe: The Space Cowboy's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Electric Shock]] side weapon drops small electric bombs that temporarily disable enemy cars while damaging them.
* SpikesOfDoom: The Fuzz! can drop spike strips as it's rear weapon.
* StickyBomb: The Alchemist's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sticky Bombs]] side weapon fires a cluster of [[LethalJokeWeapon explosive pink garden flamingos at enemies.]] The Kitty does a similar bit with [[LethalJokeWeapon exploding]] ''teddy bears.''
* StuffBlowingUp: The Skorch's Dyno Death weapon drops explosive canisters in it's wake. The Nucloid has a similar weapon, albeit with radioactive flavor.
* TakeThat: The description of the Tow'er on the "Chaos Pack" DLC page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.
--> ''[[Franchise/{{Cars}} "This tow truck doesn't talk with a southern drawl and isn't friendly with any race cars."]]''
* TechnoWreckage: Some of this is found on the "Cold War Beach" track, which features a beached aircraft carrier as part of the track and a similarly-wrecked submarine as an obstacle to be jumped. "Wasteland" features an area that strongly resembles the Very Large Array. The new track "Death 8 Arena" also features lots of this, with a wee bit of MineCartMadness for good measure.
* ThisIsADrill: The Kitty's forward weapon is [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything a lengthy drill]] ([[HammerSpace so long it doesn't look like it should fit]]) emerging from the head of a {{Unicorn}}.
* WeaponizedCar: But also a weaponized logging truck, weaponized RV Meth Lab, and a weaponized ''goddamn school bus.''
** The first DLC gives us a weaponized ''[[ImprobableWeaponUser Smart Car.]]''
** The second DLC provides a weaponized ice cream truck and tow truck. And an old-timey cop car with whitewall tires.
* WeaponizedExhaust: The Space Cowboy's BurnBabyBurn weapon, which causes the car's massive rocket engine to roast any close-pursuing cars. ToastedBuns indeed.
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