An electronic equipment has a stick as a movable input device provided to be manually moved. The position of the stick is detected. In accordance with the detected position, the movement of the stick is restricted within a predetermined movable range so as to be moved a plurality of predetermined areas. The area in which the stick is located is detected. In accordance with the detected area, corresponding control data stored in a memory are read out, and the electronic equipment is controlled by the read out control data.