AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 7, 1996
                                                  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 issuer as specified in its charter)


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


                     901 MARINER'S ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 365
                              SAN MATEO, CA 94404
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                1991 STOCK PLAN
                           1993 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN
                       1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                   TODD HAGEN
                  VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
                          AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                        HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                     901 MARINER'S ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 365
                               SAN MATEO, CA 94404
                                 (415) 573-5170
(Name, address,  including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)

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

                                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=============================================================================================================================
<CAPTION>
                                                                          Proposed             Proposed
                                                                           Maximum              Maximum            Amount of
                Title of Securities                Amount to be        Offering Price          Aggregate         Registration
                  to be Registered                  Registered            Per Share          Offering Price           Fee
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>                     <C>                <C>                    <C>     
Common Stock, no par value:
- -  1991 Stock Plan                                200,000 shares          $ 3.00 (1)          $ 600,000 (1)         $ 206.90
- -  1993 Director Option Plan                       50,000 shares          $ 3.00 (1)          $ 150,000 (1)         $  51.72
- -  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan              150,000 shares          $ 2.55 (2)          $ 382,500 (2)         $ 131.90
         TOTAL                                    400,000 SHARES                             $1,132,500             $ 390.52
============================================================================================================================
<FN>
(1)      Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating  the
         registration  fee on the  basis of  closing  price of $3.00  per  share
         reported on the Nasdaq  SmallCap  Market on May 31, 1996 (the  "Closing
         Price").
(2)      Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating  the
         registration fee on the basis of 85% of the Closing Price.

</FN>
</TABLE>

                                     II - 1

<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  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K for the
                           fiscal year ended  December 31, 1995,  filed pursuant
                           to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
                           as amended (the "Exchange Act");

                  (2)      The Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the
                           fiscal  quarter ended March 31, 1996,  filed pursuant
                           to Section 13 of the Exchange Act; and

                  (3)      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 which indicates that all securities offered 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 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


                                     II - 1

<PAGE>



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  which are in
some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions con tained 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.



ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

<TABLE>

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

<CAPTION>
     EXHIBIT
     NUMBER                         DESCRIPTION
     ---------    --------------------------------------------------------------
<S>               <C>             
          4.1*    1991 Stock Plan.

          4.2*    1993 Director Option Plan.

          4.3     1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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

         23.1     Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP (see page II-6).

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

         24.1     Power of Attorney (see page II-4).
<FN>
- ----------------------------------
*    Incorporated   by  reference  to  the  exhibit  filed  with  the  Company's
     Registration Statement on Form S-8, as amended (Registration  Statement No.
     33-77454), declared effective on April 6, 1994.
</FN>
</TABLE>


                                     II - 2

<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 Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                     II - 3

<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES



         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act, 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 5th day of
June, 1996.


                            HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.



                            /s/ Todd Hagen
                            -------------------------------------
                            Todd Hagen
                            Vice President of Finance and Administration
                            and Chief Financial Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Landry and Todd Hagen, and
each of them acting individ ually, as his attorney-in-fact, each 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.



                                      II-4

<PAGE>



         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  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                     June 5, 1996
- -------------------------     Executive Officer, Publisher
Richard Landry                and Director                
                              (Principal Executive        
                              Officer)                    
                              


  /s/ Todd Hagen              Vice President, Finance              June 5, 1996
- -------------------------     and Administration and   
Todd Hagen                    Chief Financial Officer  
                              (Principal Financial     
                              and Accounting Officer)  
                              



  /s/ David Bunnell           Chairman of the Board                June 5, 1996
- -------------------------
David Bunnell



 /s/ John Griffin             Director                             June 5, 1996
- -------------------------
John Griffin



/s/ Greg Lahann               Director                             June 5, 1996
- -------------------------
Greg Lahann



/s/ Michael Kaufman           Director                             June 5, 1996
- -------------------------
Michael Kaufman





                                      II-5


<PAGE>



                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS






We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 of  HyperMedia  Communications,  Inc. of our report dated
February  12,  1996  except  for notes 5 and 6 which  are as of March  21,  1996
appearing  on page 22 of the 1995 Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995.


PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP



San Mateo, California
June 6, 1996



                                      II-6

<PAGE>
<TABLE>



                                            HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                                   INDEX TO EXHIBITS



<CAPTION>

                                                                                                  
     EXHIBIT                                                                                      
     NUMBER                                     DESCRIPTION                                       
     -------       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
<S>                <C>                                                                            
       4.1*        1991 STOCK PLAN.............................................................

       4.2*        1993 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN...................................................

       4.3         1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN...........................................

       5.1         OPINION OF WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI AS TO LEGALITY OF
                   SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED.................................................

      23.1         CONSENT OF PRICE WAREHOUSE LLP (SEE PAGE II-6)..............................

      23.2         CONSENT OF WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI (CONTAINED IN
                   EXHIBIT 5.1)................................................................

      24.1         POWER OF ATTORNEY (SEE PAGE II-4)...........................................

<FN>
- -------------------------------------------------
*    INCORPORATED   BY  REFERENCE  TO  THE  EXHIBIT  FILED  WITH  THE  COMPANY'S
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8, AS AMENDED (REGISTRATION  STATEMENT NO.
     33-77454), DECLARED EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 6, 1994.
</FN>
</TABLE>
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 7, 1996
                                                  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 issuer as specified in its charter)

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

                     901 MARINER'S ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 365
                              SAN MATEO, CA 94404
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                1991 STOCK PLAN
                           1993 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN
                       1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                   TODD HAGEN
                  VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
                          AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                        HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                     901 MARINER'S ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 365
                               SAN MATEO, CA 94404
                                 (415) 573-5170
(Name, address,  including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)

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

                                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=============================================================================================================================
Proposed             Proposed
                                                                           Maximum              Maximum            Amount of
                Title of Securities                Amount to be        Offering Price          Aggregate         Registration
                  to be Registered                  Registered            Per Share          Offering Price           Fee
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, no par value:
- -  1991 Stock Plan                                200,000 shares          $ 3.00 (1)          $ 600,000 (1)         $ 206.90
- -  1993 Director Option Plan                       50,000 shares          $ 3.00 (1)          $ 150,000 (1)         $  51.72
- -  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan              150,000 shares          $ 2.55 (2)          $ 382,500 (2)         $ 131.90
         TOTAL                                    400,000 SHARES                             $1,132,500             $ 390.52
============================================================================================================================
(1)      Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating  the
         registration  fee on the  basis of  closing  price of $3.00  per  share
         reported on the Nasdaq  SmallCap  Market on May 31, 1996 (the  "Closing
         Price").
(2)      Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating  the
         registration fee on the basis of 85% of the Closing Price.
II - 1
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  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K for the
                           fiscal year ended  December 31, 1995,  filed pursuant
                           to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
                           as amended (the "Exchange Act");

                  (2)      The Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the
                           fiscal  quarter ended March 31, 1996,  filed pursuant
                           to Section 13 of the Exchange Act; and

                  (3)      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 which indicates that all securities offered 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 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

                                     II - 1
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  which are in
some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions con tained 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.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT
     NUMBER                         DESCRIPTION
     ---------    --------------------------------------------------------------
4.1*    1991 Stock Plan.

          4.2*    1993 Director Option Plan.

          4.3     1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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

         23.1     Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP (see page II-6).

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

         24.1     Power of Attorney (see page II-4).
- ----------------------------------
*    Incorporated   by  reference  to  the  exhibit  filed  with  the  Company's
     Registration Statement on Form S-8, as amended (Registration  Statement No.
     33-77454), declared effective on April 6, 1994.
II - 2
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 Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                     II - 3
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act, 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 5th day of
June, 1996.

                            HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                            /s/ Todd Hagen
                            -------------------------------------
                            Todd Hagen
                            Vice President of Finance and Administration
                            and Chief Financial Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Landry and Todd Hagen, and
each of them acting individ ually, as his attorney-in-fact, each 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.

                                      II-4
Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  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                     June 5, 1996
- -------------------------     Executive Officer, Publisher
Richard Landry                and Director                
                              (Principal Executive        
                              Officer)                    
                              

  /s/ Todd Hagen              Vice President, Finance              June 5, 1996
- -------------------------     and Administration and   
Todd Hagen                    Chief Financial Officer  
                              (Principal Financial     
                              and Accounting Officer)  
                              

  /s/ David Bunnell           Chairman of the Board                June 5, 1996
- -------------------------
David Bunnell

 /s/ John Griffin             Director                             June 5, 1996
- -------------------------
John Griffin

/s/ Greg Lahann               Director                             June 5, 1996
- -------------------------
Greg Lahann

/s/ Michael Kaufman           Director                             June 5, 1996
- -------------------------
Michael Kaufman

                                      II-5
EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 of  HyperMedia  Communications,  Inc. of our report dated
February  12,  1996  except  for notes 5 and 6 which  are as of March  21,  1996
appearing  on page 22 of the 1995 Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995.

PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

San Mateo, California
June 6, 1996

                                      II-6
HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                                   INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT                                                                                      
     NUMBER                                     DESCRIPTION                                       
     -------       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.1*        1991 STOCK PLAN.............................................................

       4.2*        1993 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN...................................................

       4.3         1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN...........................................

       5.1         OPINION OF WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI AS TO LEGALITY OF
                   SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED.................................................

      23.1         CONSENT OF PRICE WAREHOUSE LLP (SEE PAGE II-6)..............................

      23.2         CONSENT OF WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI (CONTAINED IN
                   EXHIBIT 5.1)................................................................

      24.1         POWER OF ATTORNEY (SEE PAGE II-4)...........................................
- -------------------------------------------------
*    INCORPORATED   BY  REFERENCE  TO  THE  EXHIBIT  FILED  WITH  THE  COMPANY'S
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8, AS AMENDED (REGISTRATION  STATEMENT NO.
     33-77454), DECLARED EFFECTIVE ON APRIL 6, 1994.