In case you sleep in on Saturdays, Action Man is a popular CGI animated children's property made by the same folks who brought you ReBoot and Beast Wars. To bring Action Man to the Game Boy Color, THQ has enlisted Natsume to do the honors. The result is a side-scrolling action game that almost re-creates the same level of gameplay and creativity that brought the genre to its heyday in the 16-bit era.

Assuming the role of Alex Mann, the Action Man, your job in Action Man: Search For Base X is to track down and stop the evil Dr. X from unleashing a terrible weapon of mass destruction. As Action Man, your search will take you through a number of harsh environments and require you to perform a number of extreme behaviors, such as mountain climbing, vine jumping, and cave-based SCUBA diving. Along the way, you'll also make use of a variety of spiffy gadgets, including pistols, crossbows, EMP grenades, spy cameras, and disarmament devices. Considering the mountain of robotic weaponry and booby traps Dr. X has placed in your way, you're going to need all the help you can get.