Abstract: A player can change the direction of the right hand of a character object, or extend and retract the right arm of the character object, by changing the direction of the core unit 70. The player can change the direction of the left hand of the character object, or extend and retract the left arm of the character object by changing the direction of the subunit 76. The player can retract and extend a leg of the character object, by shifting the center of gravity in the front-back direction when the player is standing on the load controller 36.
Abstract: A movement controlling apparatus includes a pointing device for operating a movement of an object. A distance between a straight line connecting previous input coordinates and current input coordinates and a central point of the object is calculated. A velocity of the object is calculated on the basis of the distance to thereby control a movement of the object.