About Beacon Game Launcher
Does not contain games or emulators. ⭐️ Beacon is an Android launcher designed to enhance your classic gaming experience. ⚙️ Add your preferred emulators, curate your retro game collection, and launch g
Does not contain games or emulators.
⭐️ Beacon is an Android launcher designed to enhance your classic gaming experience.
⚙️ Add your preferred emulators, curate your retro game collection, and launch games directly from the app.
🎮 Your retro game library is enriched by automatically scraping cover art and metadata.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Beacon Game Launcher since it was posted on our website on 2024-07-20 10:20:51.
The latest version is 1.9.0.1 and it was updated on 2026-10-12 21:56:17. See below the changes in each version.
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.9.0.1
Updated At: 2026-10-08
Changes: Support for: DroidDeck, SeedlessDS, ARMSX2
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.9.0
Updated At: 2026-08-24
Changes: Blacklist Files: when deleting a game you can choose to blacklist its files, this will make sure those files will never be scanned again. Undo in Settings > Platforms > Menu > Blacklist Files.
Bulk delete games: Settings > Platforms > tap on platform > tap top-right icon.
New effects for image Background Styles: Blur, Black & White, Tint.
Support new emulators: ARMSX3, ARMSX2, XenDroid, hakuX, Vita3K+ and others.
Better edge-to-edge.
Added missing RetroArch cores: doukutsu_rs, ymir, azahar.
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.8.22
Updated At: 2026-04-16
Changes: Added support for some new emulators
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.8.21
Updated At: 2026-03-25
Changes: Support new RetroArch update that allows starting a new game while playing another
Add mamemess RetroArch core
Support new MelonDS package name
Added support for MelonDS Dual, X1 BOX, Super3
Allow deleting the release date from a game's metadata
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.8.20
Updated At: 2026-03-09
Changes: Allow changing the font by using a custom local font file
Support for latest GameNative update
Support for ARMSX2 and other emus
Added missing RetroArch cores: NooDS and Stella2023
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.8.19
Updated At: 2026-01-07
Changes: Minor scraping bug fix
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.8.18
Updated At: 2025-11-26
Changes: Fixed IGDB scraping
Better full-screen handling on devices with a notch
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.8.16
Updated At: 2025-11-08
Changes: Added support for more emulators: Gamehub Lite, Gamenative, aPS3e and others
Fixed MelonDS not launching games directly
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.8.15
Updated At: 2025-08-25
Changes: Add support for XBPlay, Infinity PICO8, Mame4Droid current and some new emulators
Add support for Artemis .art files
Add some missing RetroArch cores
Fixed Beetle cores causing issues in RetroArch
Added new pixel fonts
Beacon Game Launcher version 1.8.10
Updated At: 2025-05-12
Changes: Gallery View: Configure alignment: top, center, bottom (Settings > Preferences > Game View > Gallery View Alignment)
Gallery View: show/hide metadata
Add support for some new emulators
Add missing RetroArch core
Add support for Artemis (same config as Moonlight)
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