I've tried them in XP with the native soundblaster emulation (which stinks) and VDMsound, and both ways they work fine. However ScummVM adds improved menu systems, native Windows MIDI support, all sorts of filtering modes like 2xsai and supereagle, etc. It can also play non-PC ports of many of the games, and let's you access them all from one menu. It's not necessary to play them, but it makes them more enjoyable.
As for being abandonware, none of the LucasArts games are. They are very protective of their titles and from time to time repackage and sell them in classics compilations. They freaked out when ScummVM came along and tried to shut them down, but I think they have worked it out now.
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