A software product, especially a video game, whose copyright is no longer defended or is no longer marketed even by the company who made it
Games that are at least five years old and not sold by companies anymore They are generaly considered illegal but the copywrite has expired Sometimes the game company re-issues the game as a classic and then it is not abandonware anymore
{i} software that was once published and copyrighted but is no longer being sold and no longer has technical support