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Beacon Game Launcher

Beacon Game Launcher

NERDS TAKE OVER

Rating
4.6
Votes
507
Comments
90
Price
USD 2.99
Category
Personalization
Download on Play StoreDownload on App Store
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About Beacon Game Launcher

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Developer NERDS TAKE OVER

Downloads
10,000+
Content Rating
Everyone
Updated
February 13, 2025
Initial Release
August 24, 2023
Current Version
1.8.7
Required Android
7.0
Contains Ads
No
Developer Website
Privacy Policy
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wt0fQ2ybKLvZlH...
Developer Email
[email protected]

Privacy Information

Security Information

Reviews and Testimonials

4.6

Average Rating

507

Total Ratings

90

Total Reviews

Rating Distribution

5★
380
4★
65
3★
36
2★
12
1★
4

Reviews Summary

🌟 Game Launcher Reviews in a Nutshell 🌟

The Good 😎

  • Best Android Launcher! The simplicity makes it stand out. Works like a charm on phones. 📱
  • Great Emulation Support: Fantastic for turning your Android into a game console. 🎮
  • Ease of Use: Super straightforward setup with minimal tweaking needed. Just install and play! 🕹️
  • Organization & Scraping: Individual scraping of box art is awesome. 🖼️
  • No Bloat: Clean look and very minimalistic. 🚀
  • Positive Evolution: Developers are responsive, making helpful updates and improvements over time. 🛠️

The Bad 😐

  • Missing Features: Needs organizing by genre, a random game option, and better search functions. 🔍
  • Animation Stutters: Some users experiencing frame drops when scrolling through games. 🕺
  • Compatibility Issues: Not compatible with Android TV and some emulators like Citron aren't recognized. 📺
  • Layout Issues: Improvements needed for smaller devices like the RG Cube. 📏
  • Random Bugs: Issues like skipping consoles and cloned apps not showing in the list. 🐛

The Suggestions 💡

  • Tile Size Customization: Adding options to change tile sizes and backgrounds. 🎨
  • Volume Control: Setting launcher music to a fixed volume percentage would be great. 🔊
  • Customization Options: Hiding or showing game details, and better game mapping (especially for RetroArch cores). 🔍
  • Fine Tuning: Adding more fine-tuning options without overwhelming with features. 🎛️

Beautiful Add-Ons 🌸

  • Look & Feel: Gorgeous interface, very organized and highly functional. 📜
  • Modularity: Option to remove certain app sections. 🗑️

Overall Verdict 🏆

  • Top Recommendation: Worth every penny, an easy 5-star for anyone new to Android emulation. 🌟
  • Developer Applause: Big applause for responsive and proactive development. 👏

So, if you're looking to turn your Android into a lean, mean gaming machine with a super simple and clean launcher, this app is definitely worth checking out! 🎮🚀

"Lacks a couple of features, but nevertheless the best game launcher for Android."

Milan Stanković undefined
Milan Stanković
Rating: 5

"not compatible with Android tv. purchased it for that very reason. fails to install. please add support. works great on phone. simplicity at its best."

KING AqeelAliGames YT undefined
KING AqeelAliGames YT
Rating: 4

"It's okay, made better by the fact ive spent days making videos for backgrounds.. The music option is also great. Things i think that's missing is *Needs a way to organise by genre *needs a random game option *needs search function mapped"

Scott E undefined
Scott E
Rating: 3

"Pretty good so far. I only have one minor request. The animation transitions when scrolling through games are stuttering and dropping frames left and right. Seems smoother when using touch screen for some reason. Edit: the developer has provided helpful information regarding my previous post. I'll be changing my post & rating to reflect the progression"

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SoliduX Uranus
Rating: 5

"Very good Emulator OS. I would like to see a better layout optimization for the samller devices 1:1/4:3 such as RG Cube"

Dionis Stambolliu undefined
Dionis Stambolliu
Rating: 4

"Great for emulation, one of my best purchases"

Shane Cremeans undefined
Shane Cremeans
Rating: 5

"The best console launcher to date, big applause for the effort, very organised and functional. Keep going, worth the money. Bravo!"

Vladimir Velev undefined
Vladimir Velev
Rating: 5

"Fantastic simple front end for android emulation. Really simple to setup and use and have had no issues in the last 4 months of use. There's not as much fine tuning like other launchers, which I prefer. Spending more time playing games than tweaking every setting option available. With every penny and easy 5 star recommendation for anyone getting into android emulation."

William Visciano undefined
William Visciano
Rating: 5

"Very good simple launcher. Gets the job done for my retroid pocket 5. I found daijiso and es de too convoluted to setup with lots of features I didn't need. Scrape box art is great on this now with individual scraping. There is a type thoughit says "scrap box art" One thing I would like to change is the background music to set it to a permanent say 20% of the system volume. If I have it on 20% while browsing my roms then play a game at 100% , go back to launcher and menu music is 100% and lud"

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M
Rating: 5

"There's many good things about this front-end, but I will point my suggestions that would make a huge difference. Add the option to change the size of the tiles. add the option for background on the "now" and "favs" tabs. the background pic when added, is zoomed in in a weird way. option to remove apps section. Add the option so the the consoles and how many games each console has. right now can scroll through the roms and the consoles are a footnote on top written like "sg" "psx" etc."

João Revez undefined
João Revez
Rating: 4

"Will u adding Citron as an emulator? Because the launcher doesn't recognize it"

Peron Ros undefined
Peron Ros
Rating: 5

"It's really great and simple to use. Have used quite a few launchers and have landed on this one for now for its clean look and lack of bloat. Suggestions: -Lean into the cleanliness by allowing users to hide or show additional game info like genre and publisher. -again leaning into cleanliness, offer an option to hide certain apps from the drawer. -i think dev is aware of this, but some retroarch cores don't map correctly to their name in the launcher (beetle psx for example)"

Aidan Vasquez undefined
Aidan Vasquez
Rating: 5

"Almost perfect. Doesn't show cloned apps on app list."

Stephen James undefined
Stephen James
Rating: 4

"Looks gorgeous!"

John Walshaw undefined
John Walshaw
Rating: 5

"I love this launcher! I keep running into an issue recently tho. The Launcher will skip over the consoles, pretty much it will select by twos instead of by one. Only a restart helps. Any ideas?"

Matteo undefined
Matteo
Rating: 5

"Done right. Lean mean and simple. Perfect."

Person of Interest undefined
Person of Interest
Rating: 5

"Good front end"

To Phong undefined
To Phong
Rating: 5

"Amazing app to turn your android into game console-like devise, minimalistic, simple in settings no any brainwashing as with few others There is alway where to go but it's nice even now"

Рома Волков undefined
Рома Волков
Rating: 5

"Edit: Dev added re-scraping for individual items. One of the best launchers, thank you so much!! — Original review: Love it, almost perfect. Just wish that games which get scraped incorrectly could be re-scraped with new keywords, like ES-DE can - having to manually replace the box art / screenshot and manually edit the name & details is a slog. My review originally mentioned managing Android apps and, as the dev replied (thank you!), pinning is possible & works great. I feel bad lowering (...)"

Suzy Runnels undefined
Suzy Runnels
Rating: 5

"Good simple launcher"

Sam Sharp undefined
Sam Sharp
Rating: 5
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Beacon Game Launcher

🚨 Spoiler Alert: No games or emulators included! 🚨

Beacon is your go-to Android launcher that brings a dash of nostalgia and a ton of organization to your classic gaming experience. 🎮✨

Main Features:

  • Customization Heaven: Add your favorite emulators and curate your retro game collection like a boss!
  • Direct Launch: Fire up your games straight from the app – no extra steps needed.
  • Auto-Magic Library: Automatically grab cover art and metadata for your games, making your collection look as good as it plays. 🕹️📚

Pros:

  • Customizable Awesomeness: Personalize your retro gaming experience to your exact liking.
  • Convenience at its Finest: Launch games effortlessly from one centralized app.
  • Library Love: Let the app do the heavy lifting by automatically fetching cover art and game info.

Cons:

  • BYOE (Bring Your Own Emulator): The app doesn't come with emulators or games – you've got to supply your own.
  • Android-Exclusive: Sorry iPhone users, retro gaming fun is currently Android-only. 📱🚫

Get ready to power-up your retro gaming! 🚀🕹️