EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-8, No. 333-05437)
pertaining to the 1992 Stock Option Plan, the 1995 Stock Option Plan, as
amended, and the 1995 Director Option Plan of YES! Entertainment Corporation,
the Post Effective Amendment No. 4 on Form S-3 to the Registration Statement
(Form S-1 No. 33-91408) for the registration of 320,729 shares of Common Stock
issued in connection with the conversion of Convertible Notes of YES!
Entertainment Corporation and in the related Prospectus, and the Registration
Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-23917) for the registration of 4,325,591 shares of
Common Stock related to Convertible Notes and Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock of YES! Entertainment Corporation, and in the related Prospectus, the 
Registration Statement (Form S-3) for the registration of 561,000 shares of its
common stock issued in connection with the cancellation of indebtedness to
various vendors, and in the related Prospectus, and the Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) for the registration of 8,118,112 shares of
its common stock issued in connection with the conversion of convertible
subordinated debentures and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and the
exercise of certain Warrants, and in the related Prospectus, of our report dated
February 26, 1997 except as to note 16, as to which the date is March 18, 1997,
with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of YES!
Entertainment Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the
year ended December 31, 1996.

                                
San Jose, California
October 17, 1997