I owned a GNR for over 5 years and had a Tommy, TFTC and JP in my house while my friend had his house for sale (for close to a year) and would rank them as follows:
1a. Tommy
1b. TFTC
3. GNR
4. JP
GNR is definitely my favorite theme but has the weakest rule-set of the bunch. I didn't really care for the sound/artwork on JP, but the rule-set was pretty deep and the game played well. TFTC and Tommy are definitely the cream of the Data East crop for me. I also enjoy Star Wars a lot although the game could use better rules.