My guess is you're thinking of no$gmb, a very early Game Boy emulator:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/no-gmb-2-5-dos-full-version.6039...
I've got fond memories of using this to get a preview of Pokemon Gold before it was released in NA!
Found it
MetalNES, transistor level NES emulation https://github.com/iaddis/metalnes
While searching I also found a new one, VisualNES https://kaiokendev.github.io/nes/about
There is also one for GB https://github.com/aappleby/MetroBoy
Found it
MetalNES, transistor level NES emulation https://github.com/iaddis/metalnes
While searching I also found a new one, VisualNES https://kaiokendev.github.io/nes/about
There is also one for GB https://github.com/aappleby/MetroBoy