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The 2014 remake of the Edmund McMillen game "The Binding of Isaac". It's a randomly generated screen-of-bullets rogue-like game.

This remake aimed to improve the game's performance by rewriting it in a format other than flash. It also expands on the original game by adding bosses, items, characters, and other additional content.

Release date: November 4th 2014.

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Why does Isaac glow on spiderwebs?

In Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Isaac seems to flash or glow white when he stands on certain floor patterns, such as spiderwebs. Does this mean anything?
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What do the symbols on the top left of the character select screen mean?

The symbols I'm talking about are above the win streak sheet, and to the left of the "Who am I?" sheet. I'm not sure but I think I've seen these symbols appear more and more as I win games. Does anyone know what they mean?
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What does the rainbow poop do?

I ran into this rainbow poop. Breaking it caused a nice sound effect and a rainbow to pop up on the screen. Did it do something else too, or is that all it does? Was I unlucky and got something I already had, like full health?
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How do I get the boss rush?

I killed Mom. Not the first time, probably not the last time either, but this time I noticed a large hole in the wall, not like a secret room, but way bigger. Inside I had a choice of loot and then waves upon waves of bosses. And then more reward.…
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How is the coop partner useful in single player?

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth supports a coop player, but I don't have anybody to play with! I do have a controller plugged in however. Can coop game mechanics aid me in single player?
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How do you drop trinkets?

Rebirth added the ability to drop trinkets and pills. It used to be that you could hold the Map button for a while but that doesn't work. How does it work?
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Is it worth picking up Chaos in Greed Mode?

So Chaos is a really neat passive item that causes future items to be chosen from random item pools. Basically that means any item can appear anywhere at anytime until that specific item pool is depleted. I'm wondering if it's worth buying Chaos…
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How do I break my game?

How do I break the game at the chest to get all/lots of the items? I know you need the D6 (already unlocked), but what else do I need to do and get?
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Can things be unlocked in seeded runs?

I noticed after getting a seed from my friend, ands beating the boss rush (for the first time with cain) I didn't unlock anything. Also I had a seeded run to get Guppy, but that also didn't unlock anything. Do seeded runs count towards anything? Do…
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How do I extinguish blue fire?

There's blue fire all around this chest. No amount of Isaac's salty tears will extinguish the blue fire. How do I put out the blue fire?
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Does continuing to donate past 999 achieve anything?

Related question - What does the donation machine do? In BoI: Rebirth, you can donate to a machine in the shop room, and as you put in more and more money, you can unlock things. When you hit 999 coins in the machine, you unlock an item and the…
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What's the point of being lucky?

In Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, luck has been made a visible stat. (It was present in the original game, but not shown on the stat screen, unless I just totally missed it). However, even with 2 or 3 points of luck, I still find myself gulping down…
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How do I unlock the hidden character "The Lost"?

In the Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, how do you unlock The Lost? I saw a video of someone dying with certain characters in certain places but i dont know where and how. This is my reference video .
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What's with the crossed out trophy icon?

I started the Computer Savvy challenge and, a few rooms into the run, I noticed a pretty weird icon: What does it mean?
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Does The Binding of Isaac cheat against/for the player?

When playing The Binding of Isaac, I always had the impression that the game, in a way, "cheats" against the player. Often, a run feels like the items you are given (outside of those forced by the player using mechanics like Death Certificate,…
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