A timid LAPD computer expert Walter Nebicher develops an alter-ego while tinkering with a video game. Nebicher's bright, a real genius. This alter ego" — actually a holographic image — turns out to be the expert crime fighter named "Automan." "Automan" also has the services of "Autocar," Autoplane," and Cursor, a glowing hexagon with special powers.

Using Automan's computer resources, he and Walter discover that a gang of kidnappers operate under the guise of a respected security organization called Global Guard and make their gain by employing the specialized talents of the young scientists and engineers they capture and bring to a luxurious resort-like prison camp in the Swiss Alps.

Automan poses as a gangster to shut down a counterfeiting operation.