Many thanks to the makers of ScummVM!
I think ScummVM is now WinXP compatible again.
Today I downloaded the windows-x86-stable-ebe01ad0.zip
and the win9x-stable-ebe01ad0.zip from
https://buildbot.scummvm.org/#/dailybuilds
I can now play GOBLiiiNS5 with both versions of ScummVM.
And hopefully many more games.