Mavericks 10.9.1 - Jedi Academy-Can't Open Installer-application "(null)" may be damaged or incomplete.

Hello everyone - thanks for reading & possibly rescuing me
OS 10.9.1 (all system updates applied) MacBook Pro Retina 8GB RAM - Original retail CD media.
Have tried to copy the installer & base files folder from the CD to a new folder on the desktop (same error).
Have tried to install booted into safe mode (same error).
Have tried creating a Read/Wright .dmg file from the CD in Disk Utility to install from (same error)
Have tried to add it through 'Steam' but as its just an installer Steam doesn't recognise it.
The game is available to buy on the App Store for download, but I already have physically bought it (Grrrrrrr!).
Any suggestions anyone?

This is a very common problem with Mavericks and Mountain Lion. I had this issue so many times and many others probably did too. I went into Preferences-->Security&Privacy and select "Anywhere" under allow apps from.
If that doesn't work. You should repair disk permissions on your hard drive. There is a case where the files on the hard drive is not organized and therefore, the mac doesn't recognize it. Go into disk utility, select Macintosh HD or your mac partition, then press repair disk permissions. My macbook pro took 15 minutes for this disk repair process.

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