DEV6 Information

Identity

How i find out if my Game is Dev6?

• if your Executable to start has the Name WLOADER.exe then is it most likely Dev6
• (Ghidra Version) you can find it out if your Game is Dev6 if you launch Ghidra analyze the File first then go to look for this String X:/UTILS/DEV6.EXE
• (Hex Editor Version) load the WLOADER.exe into the Hex Editor and Search for Dev6 and search for Dev6 if you find a line that says X:/UTILS/DEV6.EXE then you have Dev6

Debug EXE files

• some EXE files of WLOADER.exe are compiled in Debug mode and contains Informations to PDB files (Debug Symbols).
• here are some strings that are linked to the PDB files.

• Y:\DEV6\ExeRelease\Loader.pdb (German version of Adibou2)

Games

• Adibou1 / ADI Jr. uses Dev6
• ADI Jr. April 1993 Beta uses Dev6
• Adibou2 / Addy Junior uses Dev6
• Adi4 / Addy 4 uses Dev6

File Names

• Adibou2 2.12 / Addy Junior 2.20 WLOADER.exe (Originalname Loader.exe)

Names

Adibou1

• ADI Jr. (German Version) Loader Windows

Adibou2

• Adibou2 (Version 2.12) Adibou 2
• Addy Junior (Version 2.20) Loader Windows

Adi4

• ADDY 4 (Version 4.01) ADDY

STK10

Dev6 uses a older Version of the STK File Format (V1.0)

SETUP.EXE 2026 Error

If the Date 01/01/2026 is reached you are no longer able to install the Game.

• Solution: set the Date of your PC lower then the Year 2026 install the Game after the Installation just set back the Date to the current one and you are good to go for the Future.

Parameter

you can add some parameters for your DEV6 game.

• BREAK runs the Game in windowed Mode
• NOWING runs the Game without WinG