<TABLE>


                                                               As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 1998
                                                                                               Registration No. 333-________________

====================================================================================================================================

                                                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                                       Washington, D.C. 20549

                                                              FORM S-8
                                                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                                                Under
                                                     THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                                   HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                 CALIFORNIA                                                                        94-3104247
          (State of Incorporation)                                                   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


                                                900 Mariner's Island Blvd., Suite 365
                                                         San Mateo, CA 94404
                                              (Address of principal executive offices)

                                                           1991 STOCK PLAN
                                                      (Full title of the plan)

                                                           Richard Landry
                                                 President, Chief Executive Officer
                                                    and Chief Accounting Officer

                                                   HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                                900 Mariner's Island Blvd., Suite 365
                                                         San Mateo, CA 94404
                                                           (650) 573-5170
                 (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                                              Copy to:
                                                      Donna M. Petkanics, Esq.
                                               WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI, P.C.
                                                         650 Page Mill Road
                                                     Palo Alto, California 94306
                                                           (415) 493-9300

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                                                   Calculation of Registration Fee
====================================================================================================================================
<CAPTION>
                Title of Securities                       Amount to be           Proposed            Proposed         Amount of
                  to be Registered                         Registered            Maximum             Maximum         Registration
                                                                              Offering Price        Aggregate            Fee
                                                                                Per Share         Offering Price
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                         <C>                           <C>                    <C>               <C>        
Common Stock issuable under 1991 Stock Plan               700,000 shares         $.375(1)          $262,500(1)          $78.00


         TOTAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK                     700,000 shares         $.375             $262,500             $78.00

====================================================================================================================================
<FN>

(1)    The estimated  exercise price of $.375 is estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) and 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the
       registration  fee of the 700,000  unregistered  shares of common stock subject to future issuance under the 1991 Stock Option
       Plan and is based on the average of the high and low prices of a share of HyperMedia Communications, Inc.'s stock as reported
       on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market on June 17, 1998 (the "Market Price").
</FN>
</TABLE>




<PAGE>




                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

                  The following documents and information  previously filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission by HyperMedia  Communications,  Inc. (the
"Company") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

                  (1)      The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q  filed
                           with the Securities and Exchange  Commission  ("SEC")
                           on  May  12,  1998,  pursuant  to  Section  13 of the
                           Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the
                           "Exchange Act")

                  (2)      The  Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K for the
                           fiscal year ended  December 31, 1997,  filed with the
                           SEC on March 27, 1998,  pursuant to Section 13 of the
                           Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the
                           "Exchange Act");

                  (3)      The Company's  Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with
                           the SEC on February  20, 1998  pursuant to Section 13
                           of the Exchange Act.

                  (4)      The   description  of  the  Company's   Common  Stock
                           contained in the Company's  Registration Statement on
                           Form 8-A filed with the  Commission  on December  10,
                           1992,  as amended,  pursuant to Section  12(g) of the
                           Exchange Act.

                  All documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a  post-effective  amendment that indicates that all securities  registered have
been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         The Company has adopted provisions in its Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws that limit the liability of its directors. As permitted by the California
Corporations  Code,  directors  will not be liable to the Company  for  monetary
damages  arising from a breach of their  fiduciary duty as directors,  including
such conduct  during a merger or tender offer,  in certain  circumstances.  Such
limitation does not affect  liability for any breach of a 


                                      II-1

<PAGE>


director's duty to the Company or its  shareholders (i) with respect to approval
by the director of any  transaction  from which he derives an improper  personal
benefit,  (ii) with  respect to acts or  omissions  involving an absence of good
faith,  that he believes to be contrary to the best  interests of the Company or
its shareholders,  that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable
violation of law,  that  constitute  an unexcused  pattern of  inattention  that
amounts  to an  abdication  of his duty to the  Company or its  shareholders  in
circumstances in which he was, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course
of  performing  his  duties,  of a risk of serious  injury to the Company or its
shareholders,  or (iii)  based  on  transactions  between  the  Company  and its
directors  or  another  corporation  with  interrelated  directors  or  based on
improper  distributions,  loans or guarantees under  applicable  sections of the
California  Corporations Code. Such limitation of liability also does not affect
the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.

         Section 317 of the California  Corporations  Code authorizes a court to
award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to officers and
directors  in terms  sufficiently  broad to permit  such  indemnification  under
certain  circumstances  for liabilities  (including  reimbursement  for expenses
incurred)  arising under the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended.  The Company's
Articles of  Incorporation  authorize  the Company to  indemnify  the  Company's
officers and  directors.  The  Company's  Bylaws  provide that the Company shall
indemnify  its  directors  and  officers  to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by
California law,  including  circumstances in which  indemnification is otherwise
discretionary under California law. The Company has entered into indemnification
agreements  with its officers and directors  containing  provisions  that are in
some respects broader than the specific indemnification  provisions contained in
the California Corporations Code. The indemnification agreements may require the
Company,  among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that
may arise by reason of their  status or service as  directors  or  officers,  to
advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to
which  they  could  be  indemnified,  and to  obtain  directors' and  officers'
insurance if available on reasonable terms.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Company pursuant to the California  General  Corporation Law, the aforementioned
Bylaw  provisions,   the  Articles  of  Incorporation  or  any   indemnification
agreement,  the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the  Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.


Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number                         Description
-------   --------------------------------------------------

4.1(1)    Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

4.2(1)    Common  Stock  Warrant,   dated  December  18,  1989,  issued  by  the
          Registrant  to  MK  Global  Ventures.   

4.3(1)    Form of  Subscription  Agreement  entered into in connection  with the
          Bridge Financing.

                                      II-2
<PAGE>

4.4(1)    Form of Common  Stock  Warrant  issued to  investors  pursuant  to the
          Bridge Financing.

4.5(1)    Modification   Agreement,   dated   October  30,  1990,   between  the
          Registrant,  MK Global  Ventures,  MK Global  Ventures  II, and Edward
          Alpern,  as amended by First Amendment to  Modification  Agreement and
          Written  Consent,  dated  September  15,  1992,  Second  Amendment  to
          Modification Agreement,  dated October 15, 1992 and Third Amendment to
          Modification Agreement and Written Consent, dated December 1, 1992.

4.6(1)    Co-Sale  Agreement,  dated April 18,  1990,  between the  Company,  MK
          Global  Ventures,  MK Global Ventures II, Davison  Associates,  Edward
          Alpern, Louis Casabianca and Harry Miller.

4.7       1991 Stock Plan and forms of agreements thereunder, as amended.

4.8(3)    1993  Director  Option  Plan  and  form of  agreement  thereunder,  as
          amended.

4.9(4)    Common Stock Warrant,  dated February 9, 1994 and as amended March 19,
          1997, issued by the Registrant to Imperial Bank.

4.10(3)   Common  Stock  Warrant,  dated  September  14,  1994,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK Global Ventures II.

4.11(4)   Series F Preferred  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated March 12, 1996,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.12(4)   Common  Stock  Warrant,   dated  November  26,  1996,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK GVD Fund.

4.13(5)   Series G  Preferred  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated  July 3, 1996,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.14(5)   Series H Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated September 18, 1997,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.15(5)   Series I Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated December 23, 1997,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.16(5)   Series J Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated February 19, 1998,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

5.1       Opinion  of  Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich  &  Rosati  as to  legality  of
          securities being registered. 

23.1      Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.

23.2      Consent  of Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich & Rosati  (continued  in Exhibit
          5.1). 

24.1      Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
 
----------------------------------

(1)    Incorporated  by  reference  to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
       Registration  Statement on Form S-1, as amended (No. 33-60548),  declared
       effective on March 9, 1993.

(2)    Incorporated  by  reference  to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
       Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 1993
       filed March 25, 1994.

(3)    Incorporated  by  reference  to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
       Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 1994
       filed March 29, 1995.

(4)    Incorporated  by  reference  to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
       Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 1996
       filed March 28, 1997.

(5)    Incorporated  by reference to the exhibits  filed with the Company's Form
       10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.

                                      II-3
<PAGE>


Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed  in  the  Registration  Statement  or  any  material  change  to  such
information in the Registration Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended  (the  "Securities  Act"),  each such
post-effective  amendment  shall be  deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is  incorporated  by reference in the  registration  statement
shall be deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities
offered  therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



                                      II-4


<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of San Mateo, State of California, on this 17th day
of June, 1998.


                                        HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


                                        /s/ RICHARD LANDRY
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Richard Landry
                                        President, and Chief Executive Officer,
                                        and Chief Accounting Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears  below  hereby   constitutes  and  appoints   Richard   Landry,   acting
individually, as his attorney-in-fact,  with full power of substitution, for him
in any and all capacities,  to sign any and all amendments to this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8,  and to file the same,  with  exhibits  thereto and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said  attorney-in-fact,   or  his
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

     Signature                           Title                          Date
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 /s/ RICHARD LANDRY           President, Chief Executive           June 17, 1998
------------------------      Officer and Publisher (Principal
Richard Landry                Executive and Accounting Officer)
                              

 /s/ PATRICK FERRELL          Director                             June 17, 1998
------------------------
Patrick Ferrell


 /s/ JOHN GRIFFIN             Director                             June 17, 1998
------------------------
John Griffin


 /s/ MICHAEL KAUFMAN          Director                             June 17, 1998
------------------------
Michael Kaufman


 /s/ GREG LAHANN              Director                             June 17, 1998
------------------------
Greg Lahann


                                      II-5



<PAGE>



                         HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number                             Description
-------                       --------------------

4.1(1)    Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

4.2(1)    Common  Stock  Warrant,   dated  December  18,  1989,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK Global Ventures.

4.3(1)    Form of  Subscription  Agreement  entered into in connection  with the
          Bridge Financing.

4.4(1)    Form of Common  Stock  Warrant  issued to  investors  pursuant  to the
          Bridge Financing.

4.5(1)    Modification   Agreement,   dated   October  30,  1990,   between  the
          Registrant,  MK Global  Ventures,  MK Global  Ventures  II, and Edward
          Alpern,  as amended by First Amendment to  Modification  Agreement and
          Written  Consent,  dated  September  15,  1992,  Second  Amendment  to
          Modification Agreement,  dated October 15, 1992 and Third Amendment to
          Modification Agreement and Written Consent, dated December 1, 1992.

4.6(1)    Co-Sale  Agreement,  dated April 18,  1990,  between the  Company,  MK
          Global  Ventures,  MK Global Ventures II, Davison  Associates,  Edward
          Alpern, Louis Casabianca and Harry Miller.

4.7       1991 Stock Plan and forms of agreements thereunder, as amended.

4.8(3)    1993  Director  Option  Plan  and  form of  agreement  thereunder,  as
          amended.

4.9(4)    Common Stock Warrant,  dated February 9, 1994 and as amended March 19,
          1997, issued by the Registrant to Imperial Bank.

4.10(3)   Common  Stock  Warrant,  dated  September  14,  1994,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK Global Ventures II.

4.11(4)   Series F Preferred  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated March 12, 1996,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.12(4)   Common  Stock  Warrant,   dated  November  26,  1996,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK GVD Fund.

4.13(5)   Series G  Preferred  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated  July 3, 1996,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.14(5)   Series H Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated September 18, 1997,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.15(5)   Series I Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated December 23, 1997,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.16(5)   Series J Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated February 19, 1998,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

5.1       Opinion  of  Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich  &  Rosati  as to  legality  of
          securities being registered.

23.1      Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.


<PAGE>

23.2      Consent  of Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich & Rosati  (continued  in Exhibit
          5.1).

24.1      Power of Attorney (see page II-5).

----------------------------------
(1)      Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
         Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (No. 33-60548), declared
         effective on March 9, 1993.

(2)      Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
         Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1993
         filed March 25, 1994.

(3)      Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
         Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1994
         filed March 29, 1995.

(4)      Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
         Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1996
         filed March 28, 1997.

(5)      Incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with the Company's Form
         10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 1998
                                                                                               Registration No. 333-________________

====================================================================================================================================

                                                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                                       Washington, D.C. 20549

                                                              FORM S-8
                                                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                                                Under
                                                     THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                                   HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 CALIFORNIA                                                                        94-3104247
          (State of Incorporation)                                                   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                                                900 Mariner's Island Blvd., Suite 365
                                                         San Mateo, CA 94404
                                              (Address of principal executive offices)

                                                           1991 STOCK PLAN
                                                      (Full title of the plan)

                                                           Richard Landry
                                                 President, Chief Executive Officer
                                                    and Chief Accounting Officer

                                                   HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                                900 Mariner's Island Blvd., Suite 365
                                                         San Mateo, CA 94404
                                                           (650) 573-5170
                 (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                                              Copy to:
                                                      Donna M. Petkanics, Esq.
                                               WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI, P.C.
                                                         650 Page Mill Road
                                                     Palo Alto, California 94306
                                                           (415) 493-9300

====================================================================================================================================
                                                   Calculation of Registration Fee
====================================================================================================================================
Title of Securities                       Amount to be           Proposed            Proposed         Amount of
                  to be Registered                         Registered            Maximum             Maximum         Registration
                                                                              Offering Price        Aggregate            Fee
                                                                                Per Share         Offering Price
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock issuable under 1991 Stock Plan               700,000 shares         $.375(1)          $262,500(1)          $78.00

         TOTAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK                     700,000 shares         $.375             $262,500             $78.00

====================================================================================================================================
(1)    The estimated  exercise price of $.375 is estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) and 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the
       registration  fee of the 700,000  unregistered  shares of common stock subject to future issuance under the 1991 Stock Option
       Plan and is based on the average of the high and low prices of a share of HyperMedia Communications, Inc.'s stock as reported
       on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market on June 17, 1998 (the "Market Price").
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

                  The following documents and information  previously filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission by HyperMedia  Communications,  Inc. (the
"Company") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

                  (1)      The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q  filed
                           with the Securities and Exchange  Commission  ("SEC")
                           on  May  12,  1998,  pursuant  to  Section  13 of the
                           Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the
                           "Exchange Act")

                  (2)      The  Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K for the
                           fiscal year ended  December 31, 1997,  filed with the
                           SEC on March 27, 1998,  pursuant to Section 13 of the
                           Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the
                           "Exchange Act");

                  (3)      The Company's  Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with
                           the SEC on February  20, 1998  pursuant to Section 13
                           of the Exchange Act.

                  (4)      The   description  of  the  Company's   Common  Stock
                           contained in the Company's  Registration Statement on
                           Form 8-A filed with the  Commission  on December  10,
                           1992,  as amended,  pursuant to Section  12(g) of the
                           Exchange Act.

                  All documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a  post-effective  amendment that indicates that all securities  registered have
been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold,  shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         The Company has adopted provisions in its Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws that limit the liability of its directors. As permitted by the California
Corporations  Code,  directors  will not be liable to the Company  for  monetary
damages  arising from a breach of their  fiduciary duty as directors,  including
such conduct  during a merger or tender offer,  in certain  circumstances.  Such
limitation does not affect  liability for any breach of a 

                                      II-1
director's duty to the Company or its  shareholders (i) with respect to approval
by the director of any  transaction  from which he derives an improper  personal
benefit,  (ii) with  respect to acts or  omissions  involving an absence of good
faith,  that he believes to be contrary to the best  interests of the Company or
its shareholders,  that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable
violation of law,  that  constitute  an unexcused  pattern of  inattention  that
amounts  to an  abdication  of his duty to the  Company or its  shareholders  in
circumstances in which he was, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course
of  performing  his  duties,  of a risk of serious  injury to the Company or its
shareholders,  or (iii)  based  on  transactions  between  the  Company  and its
directors  or  another  corporation  with  interrelated  directors  or  based on
improper  distributions,  loans or guarantees under  applicable  sections of the
California  Corporations Code. Such limitation of liability also does not affect
the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.

         Section 317 of the California  Corporations  Code authorizes a court to
award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to officers and
directors  in terms  sufficiently  broad to permit  such  indemnification  under
certain  circumstances  for liabilities  (including  reimbursement  for expenses
incurred)  arising under the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended.  The Company's
Articles of  Incorporation  authorize  the Company to  indemnify  the  Company's
officers and  directors.  The  Company's  Bylaws  provide that the Company shall
indemnify  its  directors  and  officers  to the  fullest  extent  permitted  by
California law,  including  circumstances in which  indemnification is otherwise
discretionary under California law. The Company has entered into indemnification
agreements  with its officers and directors  containing  provisions  that are in
some respects broader than the specific indemnification  provisions contained in
the California Corporations Code. The indemnification agreements may require the
Company,  among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that
may arise by reason of their  status or service as  directors  or  officers,  to
advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to
which  they  could  be  indemnified,  and to  obtain  directors' and  officers'
insurance if available on reasonable terms.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Company pursuant to the California  General  Corporation Law, the aforementioned
Bylaw  provisions,   the  Articles  of  Incorporation  or  any   indemnification
agreement,  the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the  Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number                         Description
-------   --------------------------------------------------

4.1(1)    Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

4.2(1)    Common  Stock  Warrant,   dated  December  18,  1989,  issued  by  the
          Registrant  to  MK  Global  Ventures.   

4.3(1)    Form of  Subscription  Agreement  entered into in connection  with the
          Bridge Financing.

                                      II-2
4.4(1)    Form of Common  Stock  Warrant  issued to  investors  pursuant  to the
          Bridge Financing.

4.5(1)    Modification   Agreement,   dated   October  30,  1990,   between  the
          Registrant,  MK Global  Ventures,  MK Global  Ventures  II, and Edward
          Alpern,  as amended by First Amendment to  Modification  Agreement and
          Written  Consent,  dated  September  15,  1992,  Second  Amendment  to
          Modification Agreement,  dated October 15, 1992 and Third Amendment to
          Modification Agreement and Written Consent, dated December 1, 1992.

4.6(1)    Co-Sale  Agreement,  dated April 18,  1990,  between the  Company,  MK
          Global  Ventures,  MK Global Ventures II, Davison  Associates,  Edward
          Alpern, Louis Casabianca and Harry Miller.

4.7       1991 Stock Plan and forms of agreements thereunder, as amended.

4.8(3)    1993  Director  Option  Plan  and  form of  agreement  thereunder,  as
          amended.

4.9(4)    Common Stock Warrant,  dated February 9, 1994 and as amended March 19,
          1997, issued by the Registrant to Imperial Bank.

4.10(3)   Common  Stock  Warrant,  dated  September  14,  1994,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK Global Ventures II.

4.11(4)   Series F Preferred  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated March 12, 1996,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.12(4)   Common  Stock  Warrant,   dated  November  26,  1996,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK GVD Fund.

4.13(5)   Series G  Preferred  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated  July 3, 1996,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.14(5)   Series H Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated September 18, 1997,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.15(5)   Series I Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated December 23, 1997,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.16(5)   Series J Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated February 19, 1998,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

5.1       Opinion  of  Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich  &  Rosati  as to  legality  of
          securities being registered. 

23.1      Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.

23.2      Consent  of Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich & Rosati  (continued  in Exhibit
          5.1). 

24.1      Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
 
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(1)    Incorporated  by  reference  to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
       Registration  Statement on Form S-1, as amended (No. 33-60548),  declared
       effective on March 9, 1993.

(2)    Incorporated  by  reference  to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
       Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 1993
       filed March 25, 1994.

(3)    Incorporated  by  reference  to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
       Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 1994
       filed March 29, 1995.

(4)    Incorporated  by  reference  to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
       Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December  31, 1996
       filed March 28, 1997.

(5)    Incorporated  by reference to the exhibits  filed with the Company's Form
       10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.

                                      II-3
Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed  in  the  Registration  Statement  or  any  material  change  to  such
information in the Registration Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended  (the  "Securities  Act"),  each such
post-effective  amendment  shall be  deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is  incorporated  by reference in the  registration  statement
shall be deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities
offered  therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-4
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of San Mateo, State of California, on this 17th day
of June, 1998.

                                        HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                        /s/ RICHARD LANDRY
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Richard Landry
                                        President, and Chief Executive Officer,
                                        and Chief Accounting Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears  below  hereby   constitutes  and  appoints   Richard   Landry,   acting
individually, as his attorney-in-fact,  with full power of substitution, for him
in any and all capacities,  to sign any and all amendments to this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8,  and to file the same,  with  exhibits  thereto and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said  attorney-in-fact,   or  his
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

     Signature                           Title                          Date
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 /s/ RICHARD LANDRY           President, Chief Executive           June 17, 1998
------------------------      Officer and Publisher (Principal
Richard Landry                Executive and Accounting Officer)
                              

 /s/ PATRICK FERRELL          Director                             June 17, 1998
------------------------
Patrick Ferrell

 /s/ JOHN GRIFFIN             Director                             June 17, 1998
------------------------
John Griffin

 /s/ MICHAEL KAUFMAN          Director                             June 17, 1998
------------------------
Michael Kaufman

 /s/ GREG LAHANN              Director                             June 17, 1998
------------------------
Greg Lahann

                                      II-5
HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number                             Description
-------                       --------------------

4.1(1)    Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

4.2(1)    Common  Stock  Warrant,   dated  December  18,  1989,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK Global Ventures.

4.3(1)    Form of  Subscription  Agreement  entered into in connection  with the
          Bridge Financing.

4.4(1)    Form of Common  Stock  Warrant  issued to  investors  pursuant  to the
          Bridge Financing.

4.5(1)    Modification   Agreement,   dated   October  30,  1990,   between  the
          Registrant,  MK Global  Ventures,  MK Global  Ventures  II, and Edward
          Alpern,  as amended by First Amendment to  Modification  Agreement and
          Written  Consent,  dated  September  15,  1992,  Second  Amendment  to
          Modification Agreement,  dated October 15, 1992 and Third Amendment to
          Modification Agreement and Written Consent, dated December 1, 1992.

4.6(1)    Co-Sale  Agreement,  dated April 18,  1990,  between the  Company,  MK
          Global  Ventures,  MK Global Ventures II, Davison  Associates,  Edward
          Alpern, Louis Casabianca and Harry Miller.

4.7       1991 Stock Plan and forms of agreements thereunder, as amended.

4.8(3)    1993  Director  Option  Plan  and  form of  agreement  thereunder,  as
          amended.

4.9(4)    Common Stock Warrant,  dated February 9, 1994 and as amended March 19,
          1997, issued by the Registrant to Imperial Bank.

4.10(3)   Common  Stock  Warrant,  dated  September  14,  1994,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK Global Ventures II.

4.11(4)   Series F Preferred  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated March 12, 1996,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.12(4)   Common  Stock  Warrant,   dated  November  26,  1996,  issued  by  the
          Registrant to MK GVD Fund.

4.13(5)   Series G  Preferred  Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated  July 3, 1996,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.14(5)   Series H Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated September 18, 1997,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.15(5)   Series I Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated December 23, 1997,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

4.16(5)   Series J Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement,  dated February 19, 1998,
          between the Registrant and MK GVD Fund.

5.1       Opinion  of  Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich  &  Rosati  as to  legality  of
          securities being registered.

23.1      Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
23.2      Consent  of Wilson  Sonsini  Goodrich & Rosati  (continued  in Exhibit
          5.1).

24.1      Power of Attorney (see page II-5).

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(1)      Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
         Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (No. 33-60548), declared
         effective on March 9, 1993.

(2)      Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
         Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1993
         filed March 25, 1994.

(3)      Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
         Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1994
         filed March 29, 1995.

(4)      Incorporated  by reference to the exhibit  filed with the  Registrant's
         Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1996
         filed March 28, 1997.

(5)      Incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with the Company's Form
         10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.