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Beacon Game Launcher

Transform your device in a game console

NERDS TAKE OVER · com.radikal.gamelauncher

Not rated yet 10K+ downloads v999.0 5.1 MB Android 7.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

At a glance

Latest version
v999.0 (999)
Updated
Nov 16, 2025 (11 months ago)
APK size
5.1 MB
Requires
Android 7.0+ (API 24)
CPU support
Any (no native code)
Category
Personalization (app)
Permissions
4 (2 sensitive)
Developer contact
[email protected]
Privacy
Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Beacon Game Launcher is an app by NERDS TAKE OVER in the Personalization category. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 4 permissions, 2 of them sensitive: precise location and approximate location.

What's new in v999.0

- New scraping source: Libretro. This data set is pretty small and only has retro games but the images it does have are very high quality - Fix some .cue and .bin games getting duplicated entries - Support SkyEmu and some other new emulators - Added some optimizations that made the app smaller in storage size - Bug fixes

Description

From the listing uploaded by “cyhh5yfghfh”.

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.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Unknown

Signing certificate

  • Certificate issued to “93BO6L17GnjR” Not the developer's name (“NERDS TAKE OVER”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature not checked yet Nov 16, 2025
  • Signed byST=93BO6L17GnjR, L=93BO6L17GnjR, O=93BO6L17GnjR, OU=93BO6L17GnjR, CN=93BO6L17GnjR
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)17:92:55:8D:10:D2:21:1F:A1:6A:69:BB:D1:9D:F5:AC:19:56:20:89
  • File MD5565847864684db5f43eefddbfe1df96a
  • Uploaded by “cyhh5yfghfh” uploading since 2025

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Permissions (4)

Beacon Game Launcher requests 4 permissions, 2 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Beacon Game Launcher APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the Beacon Game Launcher APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Unknown. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 565847864684db5f43eefddbfe1df96a.

Tags

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