Abandonware is commercial software that has not been sold for a long time or whose copyright holder is defunct; it has been "abandoned". The licenses of most such software forbid redistribution or require payment, so distributing it violates the author's copyright (even if the author does not or cannot enforce it). "Legal abandonware" is a misnomer for commercial software that has been re-released by the copyright holder as freeware.
eli jos firma ei ole julkaisut peliä uudelleen freewarena on sen kopioiminen edelleen laitonta (paitsi suomen lakien mukaan, koska täällähän tunnetusti saa netistä ladata ihan mitä vain omaan käyttöön)