Let's Play Superman 64 - Stage 1 Part 1/2

Well here we are, ready to play through what most consider to be the worst N64 game of all time. Stage 1 is called the First Ride and it's where we get introduced to Superman's arch nemesis, RINGS!
Video is split into two parts due to time limitations. This is Part 1/2 if you didn't read the title.

[@OutrightRegent4]

Jon joined TRG, met lucah, started dating her, and got married all before this series was finished. Good lord.

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

Is that who he married?? This was bothering me for so long @_@ I thought it was Lucah, but I also thought she was gay for some reason.

[@AWeller92]

MisterJackTheAttack she is bi

[@averageguy3661]

CZ nope. Pretty sure we all revisit this.

[@eba56]

@@averageguy3661 oh yah definitely

[@alaskanspartan89]

I bet he’s going to have a kid before end of this let’s play is over

[@supernovafox1]

This lp started back when I was in middle school, and now part 8 is out and I'm in college. The legend has returned, when the hour is darkest

[@Jman37X]

When we needed him most, he has finally returned

[@nojjon2985]

In 2010 I started 7th grade and then turned 12. This video actually came out when I was in 6th grade. In under a month I start college.

[@Jman37X]

Exactly the same for me, it's just crazy to think about

[@nate567987]

yea my god

[@msipp3790]

episode 5/6 was out when i was in elementary 7 was out when i was in middle school and 8 was released in my first year in highschool

[@RacingStripeAV]

As from today, this Let's Play is officially closer in history to the game's North America release (4,036 days) to the present day (4,037+ days).

[@doranur]

Part 10 out now. See everyone in another 3 years for part 11.

[@TrueSonicPrime]

💀💀💀💀

[@KinnetMontana]

no kidding :c

[@Ike_of_pyke]

*Then there's no time to waste*

[@solarstrike33]

Well, we've hit three years now...

[@cyntheticconjurer]

KZbin had a ten-minute limit when this video came out.

[@derekfoxwit3058]

The Like-Dislike System was new when this video came out.

[@Pimpeaux]

PewDiePie didn't exist when this video came out.

[@teapartycthulu]

Chugga was in the middle of his Pokemon Crystal LP when this came out

[@nickkelley9139]

A Hat in Time wasn't even in development when this video came out.

[@queenmedusa934]

The Game of Thrones TV series didn't even exist when this video came out.

[@BigIsaac91]

"I'm here *today* to play through the game in full" HAHAHAHAHA good one

[@crashpal]

+Big Isaac you've gotta hand it to him for his bravery.

[@hyperjgaming5768]

+Big Isaac "I'm here today to play through the *game in full*" Yeah that didn't happen

[@yaboimaple3184]

+Big Isaac I'm surprised he MADE the amount of episodes of this that he did.

[@fugyfruit]

+Italian Weeaboo he's still going!

[@Redblaze27]

New Episode just dropped. We might see it done before 2020.

[@TomAndJerry87]

Between this video and the newest one I went through all of high school and a year of college...

[@chestbumphero]

Same here, it's kind of funny when you think of it that way.

[@TomAndJerry87]

Chestbumphero It really is

[@wilfalkner3170]

I went through a year of high school and all of college, wow. Really puts it in perspective.

[@Laenthor]

Wow, same here, I didn't think about that XD

[@Matthew97910]

I was in the first year of High School when this was released. I'm now at University.

[@Robscurity]

I was 13 when this began...now I'm 19... Whoa, Time is like a group of rings. ;) Edit (2019): I'm now 22. Edit (2024): Now I'm turning 27 in just 2 weeks.

[@Pimpeaux]

This needs to be top comment. I demand it.

[@Syraa025]

I was 16 when this came out now I'm 22 almost 23.

[@YxungShrxdder]

23 now

[@KinnetMontana]

F youre old af now

[@Bruh-hr5sg]

damn bruh you’re almost 30 how do you feel

[@RegretfullyGone]

After the Earth is beginning to explode, with heat of unbearable measures, everyone has died, Protonaton Johnathon the 30th will take his ancestor's controller and create the next Superman video

[@solarstrike33]

What if he has daughters only instead?

[@Rinku588]

I think you predicted the Joniverse years ahead of time

[@MortalSora]

He's dressed in blue and collects rings. Superman's alter ego is really Sonic!

[@stephendonovan9084]

You did it. You solved this game, and its terribleness.

[@msipp3790]

it's even glitchy too!

[@ethanedwards3357]

And... here they come.

[@crashpal]

and he's faster than a speeding bullet....coincidence?

[@DarkLink1996.]

Today, this video is officially 10 years old. Let that sink in.

[@TheTruestZero]

8 Years and still not complete... This is our Protonjon

[@FirstLast-mn4re]

We're approaching year 11 of this LP and still like 4 episodes to go

[@LuigitheMan20]

"It can't be as bad as people say, right?" Flash forward almost 12 years, Jon has a wife, kids, booming streaming career, and has two good friends by his side he hosts yearly events with... Yeah, it's safe to say Superman 64 ain't as bad as people say. After all, it helped give a guy a purpose. Edit: Now that I'm thinking about it, with the legacy Jon's got with Superman 64, I'm guessing that the time he finishes the game is the time he hangs his hat to LPs and becomes a family man. After all, it'd be a fitting end to a career: finishing up an LP left unfinished since the start of his career.

[@wariocapproductions326]

Jon has kids?

[@Ike_of_pyke]

​@@wariocapproductions326yep but he keeps it offline

[@ongansan]

"I'll play the game in full" Yea...

[@AcemanXD]

@@0uttaS1TE Still going!

[@pugphone2313]

I remember starting this series when I was 9, after learning about PJ from TheRunawayGuys and Chuggaaconroy. I am now in university for music ed. And we're still going. There's 14 levels, and as of one month ago, Stage 10 has been released. With all of my health issues, I am genuinely uncertain if I will make it to the finale. However, here's hoping.

[@smalf00]

damn bro, hope you're still kicking, that actually hurt to read

[@brandonstringfield5718]

I was a freshmen in high school when the lp started now im almost 30 lol

[@ALISTGAMERS1]

if he uploads level 10 someday it will officially be the longest letsplay of all time with a total play time of 10 years...and hes still got more to do after that as well

[@pranayp1950]

It's out now lmao

June 17, 2010. I was about to graduate from middle school. As of June 19, 2016, I'm heading to my third year of college.

[@nerdinleather]

I'm about to head off to college, and I was about to head into middle school when this started. I was 12 when this started, I'm 18 now. He's managed to spend my entire secondary school age doing this.

[@Shadowgamer1370]

+Viddog Same here man....god I feel old.

[@solarstrike33]

How's those 4 years been since this comment?

@@solarstrike33 well, I graduated college with a bachelor's degree and did some jobs before the pandemic. So surprising that this let's play is still considered "going" after all these years.

[@solarstrike33]

@ Nice! When this LP's first preview videos happened in December 2007, I was nearly 7 years old and in 1st grade; and come the LP's actual beginning I was about halfway through being 9 years old and just left the third grade. As of May 26, 2020 - I have since graduated high school and also got a job (though I am not currently working one right now). I may not be quite as old and accomplished as you but it still puts things into perspective!

[@spiritomb108]

I feel like watching this again.

[@Takomaster87]

I was 11 when this lp started. I was watching since day one. I am turning 22 this year. Damn

[@btd0ja]

Same man. I got through all of high school and will probably graduate college before this lp is finished lmao

[@SymphoMatt]

We're waiting, Jon. THREE YEARS. /THREE YEAR--/ Oh Stage 2 was uploaded? ...Oh.

[@KurenaiHideyoshi]

This was Sonic 06. Before Sonic 06, was Sonic 06.

[@CpnGame]

That's mean to Sonic 06. (TVTropes: Insult to Rocks)

[@MrX626]

Cap'n Game I consider this better than Sonic 06

[@_FRIS_]

MrX626 so you consider it anything

[@MrX626]

FrisGames well my logic is that this has a reason to be bad (warner bros and DC) as far as i know sonic 06 is just shit

[@KurenaiHideyoshi]

MrX626 FUN FACT: Warner bros was being VERY strict to the developers. Heck, the developers themselves said the game didn't even meet 10% of their expectations.

[@Draeckon]

WELP. Jon posted the 10th episode. Time to re-watch the LP again for the... uh, actually I lost count of how many times I've watched this.

[@thelastcoolguyonearth4858]

I swear, there's gonna be a bigger time gap between part 1 and the final part of this series, than part one and the game itself lol

[@sslegend5219]

Just wait another year and this will be true.

[@thelastcoolguyonearth4858]

@@sslegend5219 Gotta set the calendar

[@Reaverbro]

On July 7, 2021, this will actually be the case.

[@Phantom_Gabriel]

@@Reaverbro yeah so unless he makes the last 4 videos in a few months it really will be the case

[@mosheg.8764]

it's happened

[@xboxnissan]

I re-listen to this series constantly, expecting a new video... Hopefully it'll happen!

[@Cynthesia]

*20 years later the series is finished*

[@xboxnissan]

corrupetedfrost according to you, in 20 years he will finish this series? I hope so.

[@FourthDerivative]

Hello from the future! Today, February 25, 2017, episode 9 of (presumably) 14 was released. At the current rate, the series will be finished on November 14, 2020. Also: Donald Trump is the President of the United States. The future is weird. Please help us.

[@solarstrike33]

@@FourthDerivative From the further future - today is November 29th, 2021. Last episode was nearly eight months ago, on April 1, 2021. Current rate has been updated to August 25th, 2028. President has been updated to Joe Biden, but the future's only gotten weirder. We need even more help!

[@CpnGame]

I love how well the intro sets the tone for the rest of the series. "It can't really be as bad as people say, right? (cut to Superman having a super-seizure somewhere out in the void while invisible water splashes)"

[@CpnGame]

So which will happen first: Jon finishing his Superman LP or Valve releasing Half Life 2: Episode 3? Bets are still open! (And will likely remain open until we've all died of old age!)

[@rowancook4369]

The Vicious Drifloon Both of his capture cards fucked up, don't blame him.

[@rowancook4369]

The Vicious Drifloon Well, the first one he had that he used for this was COMPLETELY fucked up. He tried to buy a second one, but the person he was buying it from DIED so they couldn't complete the transaction. I guess he hasn't tried since.

[@rowancook4369]

The Vicious Drifloon I guess. But it's been about a year or two, he probably forgot about it.

[@AgentG128]

Marissa Cook . . .If you watched the update video, you would know that Proton Jon fixed the problem, but decided to LP Yoshi's Island to practice his solo commentary. Don't worry though, Superman is planned to continue after Yoshi is done. And if you read this on the day it's posted (August 4, 2015), then regular updates resume today starting with Castlevania AOS.

[@rowancook4369]

AgentG128 Oh, cool. I guess I skipped that video, whoops.

[@TheRareOn]

This series is almost five years old, did I really start watching this when I was ten? Holy shit I'm only fifteen and I feel old.

[@Fallout262]

TheRareOne shit dude its crazy.

[@krullachief669]

+TheRareOne I was thirteen when it started. I am now a legal adult.

[@alphax-shroom6781]

same here man. just devoting myself to seeing this incomplete lp at least once every year.

[@DarthMercanto]

I was finishing my second year of university. Now I have to two degrees and am doing a Master's degree...

[@kingclampz6081]

TheRareOne damn bro you are 17 or 18 now

[@Damage_Kase_99]

10 years later and this LP STILL hasn’t been finished

[@Dante-ob5mh]

I've gotten deep enough into this pandemic where I'm rewatching this again now

[@Gogglehead-i7u]

June 17 2010, the year I graduated from High School, I had no clue what to do with my life. Six years later, I still have no clue what to do with my life.

[@Meme_Lor]

4 years later is that still true?

[@CoffeeSprocket]

Hi Jon - upon seeing that this series is continuing, I'm starting this over for a refresher watch-through. These early parts are still wonderful. 😄 Thank you for working on this again! I'm looking forward to checking out your other new videos as well - I was very happily surprised to see that you are currently making new stuff on your own channel! You were one of the first gamer-KZbinrs I ever watched frequently back in the early 2010s and I have been grateful ever since. I discovered Retsupurae through your channel and got into other gaming channels, and it's crazy to see just how much gaming videos/streaming has exploded since then. Thanks for doing what you do! 😊

[@ScorpionAndZangief]

I love how this LP will realistically hit its 10 Year Anniversary before it's finished. I mean it's not hard to understand why, but it's still funny.

[@ZaGorudan]

Crazy how there still hasn't been a single Superman game since this video series started. He's been in plenty of games with other DC heroes, just no standalone ones.

[@ihatemyjob3708]

Less than a year until it's been a decade since this started. God do I feel old.

[@mard16zze87]

You and me both.

[@solarstrike33]

Less than a month now!

[@theoldmanofthemountain7514]

In your honor i'm going to see again all this Let's play. ¡¡The true man of steel is back!!

[@grantforester1864]

6 goddamn years and a project is only just past half way through. This would be ProtonJon explained to new people to the channel.

[@digitool5944]

quality over quantity, if only it was more equal then he would definitely be one of the LPers

[@gamewarrior2216]

Going back to watch from the beginning to part 10.

[@YingofDarkness]

"I mean it can't really be as bad as people say" - considering the multiple failed recordings and that one dead person I think you're right. It is a far worse game then anyone could have imagined.

[@nojjon2985]

Dead person? Lmao the game couldn't have been that bad that someone died from playing it, right?

[@YingofDarkness]

Noj Jon No they didn't die from playing it. What happened is that the recording equipment Jon was using for this game broke so he couldn't record anymore episodes. He later went to go buy a new one from some lady on Amazon, but later a message was sent to Jon that he wouldn't be able to get the recording equipment because the lady died. I think he mentioned it on a stream haha

[@nojjon2985]

Oh my god that's insane lmao

[@RadshyguyRadish]

This is one of my favorite let's plays I've ever seen, I keep going back to watch it despite it being almost 7 years old and still unfinished.

[@whitefox142]

Wow, this let's play has been going on for four years, and it's still only half way done...

[@estebanpaez8564]

JESUS imagine how long it would have been if he did a 100% LP of Xenoblade Chronicles

[@EternalSoulen]

Esteban Paez??? years later humans no longer die near what this old age is and live for 1000 years so about a tenth of that at the rate of this lp and just in general how often he uploads on a regular basis

[@taomasterwaka6287]

Well PBG just started playing it. I'm fairly certain he's going to finish it before protonjon

[@whitefox142]

Considering the most recent episode of Superman 64 ProtonJon posted went up 2 years ago, you're probably right.

[@aghostshell]

Esteban Paez Chugga is doing a LP of Xenoblade and I think he's doing a 100% completion. He's finished with it now, and I still need to see the rest of it, cause holy crap it's a lot of videos. tao master Waka PBG most likely isn't going to play superman 64 any more than he has.

[@IonicFalcon]

I think this has won the award for the longest running Let's Play. 7 years later and there is still 5 more levels to go. From 14 levels.

[@Brodire2012]

Over 4 years and this lp is still not over, I thought I suck at finishing Los

[@DerpMcTrollington]

almost 10 years later, this lets play is not finished.

[@MicroscopicMay]

6 years since this LP started, still isn't done, that's quite an accomplishment Proton Jon

[@thegamerator10]

Think about this: Jon hasn't completed this Let's Play in the time between Chuggaaconroy starting his Okami Let's Play and posting the final bonus video.

[@TheNMan64]

This is easily the greatest unfinished game and Let's Play combination of all time

[@stephendonovan9084]

Holy shit you're a genius, I never thought of that. An unfinished Let's Play for an unfinished game.

[@KwarterCraft]

I was in high school when he started this series. Now I've graduated college and been married for three years. Longest LP of all time?

[@nojjon2985]

Anyone else thinking Jon does this on purpose just so he can have the world record for longest LP ever? Lmao I love you Jon no hard feelings

[@ProtonJon]

@Djinnfest What's he doing, just trolling or is it just the fact that he's using the site?

[@bennyshores8979]

This series started just after I graduated from high school. Now I'm set to graduate from college. Somehow I wish that I would be able to see the end of this soon.

[@JBROisUNDEAD]

Well folks, I'm back. To watch all of these great videos all over again. Peace of mind during Incredibly stressful times. Protonjon could leave this incomplete for years longer and I will love all of these all the same. Take care everyone.

[@scarletnight4554]

This is so old, I was still in elementary school when this began

[@Lill0fD]

Happy 7 Year Anniversary of this Let's Play! In this time Ganondorf had awakened a mythical dragon to torture and eat Gorons, froze the entirety of Zora's Domain, probably killed Jabu-Jabu (I don't know if it's explained), released the wrathful spirit of an executed Hylian, turned the Hyrule Castle Market into a habitat of only ReDeads, allowed Ingo to be an asshole, and created an entire floating castle with mini-dungeons inside. Though, let's be honest here, Ganondorf would probably take moving that huge-ass organ across that spiraling staircase over playing this game.

[@raygatana1886]

This LP has taken over a decade to complete. I love it

[@mads_in_zero]

I gotta admit, Jon's microphone quality is impressive for 2010

[@EpicScizor]

Welp, time for a rewatch now that the LP is active again

[@wolv0223]

Me: I should rewatch this series to see all the hilarity of it. *looks at upload date* Me: Holy shit... This started on summer break between 4th and 5th grade... I feel old now... I'm in high school, and this Let's Play is making me feel old... I knew Jon was unique, but I never expected him to be able to make a high schooler feel old...

[@queenmedusa934]

If I had a dollar for every year that this LP has gone on, I'd have 6 dollars. It's not a lot of money, but it's surprising he's had to take this long. Watch, it'll total up to 10 dollars before stage 8.

[@nickolasalvarez3002]

Nope! Looks like its 6 dollars. Maybe 10 by Stage 9. :P

[@JudgeBane]

Nope, stage 9 is up now.

[@Arritour]

Maybe 10 for 10?

[@solarstrike33]

October now, I'm pretty sure you have that 10 down. If you're including the December 2007 previews, you'll actually have 12 at the start of that month!

[@DarkLink1996.]

10 for 10.

[@JoesWatching]

I was 9 when I first watched this on release. For anyone in the UK I finished year 4 going into year 5 of primary school. I have finished Primary, secondary school and college while waiting for the series to conclude.

[@KnightofFunnyJunk]

In a weird and yet still canonically understanding mindset as to what DC meant when they didnt want Superman hurting "real people" since that doesnt really fit in character with Superman's personality; I can kinda see how it was hard to work around that Gameplay Limitation which is why they created the Virtual World plot of this game so that Superman can just beat up nameless, faceless NPC's. Even still this game is a mess. It just came out at the wrong time. DC Super Hero inspired games wouldnt really get good up until the Arkham series was released in the Late 2000's.

[@FirstLast-mn4re]

I was 10 when this Lets play started. I'm now 21. I am determined to live long enough to see the end of this lets play. I still have not seen the later levels in this game and I refuse to spoil myself.

[@averagejustin]

This let’s play has gone on for more than half a decade and still isn’t finished. I think that’s a first for let’s plays.

[@Aza3883]

Question, newb question at that, what is the device that you attach to your computer and or television to have such excellent quality when you are making these videos? I am told there is a device; I am desperately trying to know of this device.

[@iamfat6164]

At this rate, Jon will have kids before the final stage is over

[@linnes56]

His kids will be old enough to watch the series before he finishes it lol.

[@iamfat6164]

@@linnes56 "daddy, when will you finish this series" Jon: "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

[@MelancoliaI]

"In short time, your fate will be sealed, Superman." 11 years later...

[@johnpbulger7893]

Well at least we're in the double digits now on episode numbers

[@alexnobody1]

Where will YOU be when this LP's 10th anniversary rolls around?

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

I was at work, I think.

[@scatlinksean]

Yoshi's Island has 1 episode left, then it's FINALLY back to this. I hope he keeps the intros or at least the glitch count.

[@holyslayer1940]

Welp here i go doing this again

[@TheDoctorProfessor]

"I'm here to play through the game in full..." Jon had no idea what he was getting into...

[@brycebogue8666]

It's now 2018... I miss this, and I will have a grandchild when it's on it's 10th episode

[@FirstLast-mn4re]

This comment still could come true.

[@KaosNova2]

Does anyone else think that locking Batman in an indestructible room and not letting him leave until he has beaten this game is the perfect way to torture Batman?

[@ShadowDragon831]

Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the longest running LP of all time!

[@neoblazezz]

i was in my 3rd year of highschool when you started this i am now 28 and have a job...my power to wait for you to upload the rest is past a gods.

[@Ultraice98]

Officially 10 years. Oh yeah

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

6:42 "We'll get to it when we get to it" This has taken several meaning as the years have gone on.

[@KitwiSauce]

I was 9 when this LP started I’m 20.

[@ProtonJon]

@Djinnfest ? What's Kongregate?

[@luisfelipesilvasampaio2199]

the game was bad but i have good memories of playing it because i remember my friends at the time when we were around 13 years old.

[@demomanchaos]

By the gods, 12 years ago today this started, still unfinished. If he ever does it will easily be the longest term LP in YT history.

[@cdevans97]

neat series, I wonder if it had any hiatuses

[@elevationsickness8462]

This series started a DECADE ago. Let that sink in

[@channel.p461]

Imagine joaquin phoenix as superman. You're awful Lex Luther, you made me fly through rings just to make fun of me.

[@heresthadude1080]

The most fun Superman video game representation I've played as of yet has been on Lego Batman 2 and 3.

[@CritsuKirby]

Happy 10th Anniversary!

[@akmaldanial67]

"I've beaten the game before so this will be completed.(Ongoing)"~His playlist description

[@harrycubeguy562]

I really liked this game when I was little O.O

[@YourFriendToodles]

Wow. You must have been really fucked up as a kid.

[@harrycubeguy562]

No, I just got really fucking bored sometimes

[@originalivemusic]

I remember as a kid, my next door neighbor got this game and we were so excited to play it. We never made it passed the first ring stage.

[@Gameatronic9000]

this is the let's play that spans across most of you-tube history.mfuture jon, you may never see this but you have made history with this series.

[@JustinLabbe-jt8pm]

4:42 What?! I don't even get to try again?! *I'M BACK AT THE FUCKING RINGS AGAIN??!!* 😡💢

[@No_Sleepee]

Later this year, this LP is officially going to be a decade old- and still going.

[@hypershadix1]

I remember back in 2011 when I saw somecallmejohnny and AVGNS review of this game and then I saw this let's play as part of my recommended videos and I'm glad I did my friends

[@titaniumtogakiss5421]

this LP started before I got my first computer in 2011 now that computer is broke and I have a new one so will my new computer break first? or will Jon make a new episode?

[@GamerLKP636]

Who else never watched this before but is now because Jon just released Stage 8?

[@Poiman64]

Are there rings on easy? Because I played through the first level without running into any rings except for the final red ring at the end of the level.

[@WA_Stokins]

6 fucking whole years and this LP still isn't finished.

[@trombone5046]

I watched this from the start, 7 years ago. It's been a pleasure, Sir Jon.

[@Shiningsilver013]

I'm watching this now for the first time because the next part is recorded, being edited, and will be up soon.

[@qwolf2494]

I'm actually doing a rewatch

[@ElijahPickleFISH96]

Wait what... seriously

[@nickkelley9139]

+Shining Silver You better have proof!

[@Shiningsilver013]

Nick Kelley This was posted a while ago. When there was one recorded and being edited. The proof from then will be on the stream vod channel whenever it gets to that point.

[@nickkelley9139]

Shining Silver Oh. My apologies for disturbing you.

[@dorf7219]

I was in elementary school when this video first aired. Now with the most recent video being uploaded (stage 9) I'm halfway through high school.

[@patrickroy7554]

I salute you jon. For Even trying.

[@MYKe1217]

You know what, these videos are so entertaining, that I can watch them over and over and over and still find them appealing. That makes the insanely long wait between episodes not so bad. I must have watched each of these episodes nearly 20 times.