The original Tbilisi Patch Crew disbanded in 2018, but a new group, Portable Game Translators of Georgia (PGTG), announced in 2023 a remastered Max 2: White House Hero Qartulad Portable for the PlayStation Portal (via streaming) and the Anbernic Win600. They plan to add:
Follow their progress on PGTG’s GitHub (currently placeholder).
Georgia has a small but passionate video game localization community. For years, games like GTA: Vice City, Half-Life, and Max Payne received unofficial Georgian text or voice patches. Max 2: White House Hero attracted Georgian translators because of its straightforward dialogue, patriotic themes, and action-heavy sequences — easier to localize than RPGs.
The “qartulad” tag indicates a full Georgian language pack, including: max+2+white+house+hero+qartulad+portable
This localization was spearheaded by the underground group Tbilisi Patch Crew around 2014.
The Portable aspect means the entire software runs directly from a USB flash drive or external HDD without installation. No registry entries, no leftover files. Just plug, play, and eject.
No major game has this exact title, but there are several possibilities: The original Tbilisi Patch Crew disbanded in 2018,
Most likely: A custom map or total conversion mod for Max Payne 2, set in a besieged White House.
You’ll need the original Max 2: White House Hero game (PC or PSP version). The PC version is easier to patch; the PSP version requires an ISO.
It’s a rare curiosity: an unofficial Georgian-language cult shooter ported to PSP. Preservationists are working to archive the patch on sites like Internet Archive and Georgian Game Preservation Project. This localization was spearheaded by the underground group
It’s one of the few action games fully translated into Georgian, preserving language heritage in interactive media. The portable aspect means you can play on a bus in Batumi or a metro in Tbilisi.
The most common portable build. The original Max 2 Windows executable was reverse-engineered and ported to PSP via the PSP Homebrew SDK. Players can:
Note: This is unofficial homebrew. You’ll need a custom firmware (CFW) PSP.
